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high 7.0

CVE-2026-4962 json

UltraVNC Service version.dll uncontrolled search path

published 7mo ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2026-16725

cvss
7.0
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 14%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A security flaw has been discovered in UltraVNC up to 1.6.4.0. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality in the library version.dll of the component Service. The manipulation results in uncontrolled search path. The attack needs to be approached locally. This attack is characterized by high complexity. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The exploit has been released to the public and may be used for attacks. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
7mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 14% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).

Exploits and checks

  • drive.google.com https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QC-MrqGsfjr4phEN77krLFZHQN8S48U_/view referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • vuldb.com https://vuldb.com/?submit.777619 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 4.0 7.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
CNA 3.1 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:X/RC:R
CNA 3.0 7.0 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:X/RC:R
CNA 2.0 6.0 AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:UR
CNA 4.0 6.4 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
CNA 3.1 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA 2.0 6.0 AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

  • n/a UltraVNC

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-427 Uncontrolled Search Path Element
  • CWE-426 Untrusted Search Path

References

Sources

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