CVE-2016-4901 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Untrusted search path vulnerability in The installer of e-Tax Software all versions allows remote attackers to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
National Tax Agency	E-tax

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:national_tax_agency:e-tax:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

References

Link	Providers
http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2016-000207
http://www.e-tax.nta.go.jp/topics/topics_281014.htm
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93606
https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN63012325/index.html

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: jpcert

Published: 2017-05-22T16:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T00:46:39.886Z

Reserved: 2016-05-17T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-4901

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-05-22T16:29:00.340

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2016-4901

Redhat

No data.

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