{"id":"CVE-2016-4901","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-4901","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T17:56:28.556Z","title":"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.","description":"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.","published":"2017-05-22T16:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:48:25.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"vultures@jpcert.or.jp","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-426"],"affected":["national tax agency/e-tax"],"epss":{"score":0.01534,"percentile":0.74649,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.53%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2016-000207","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"vultures@jpcert.or.jp"},{"url":"http://www.e-tax.nta.go.jp/topics/topics_281014.htm","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"vultures@jpcert.or.jp"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93606","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"vultures@jpcert.or.jp"},{"url":"https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN63012325/index.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"vultures@jpcert.or.jp"},{"url":"http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2016-000207","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.e-tax.nta.go.jp/topics/topics_281014.htm","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93606","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN63012325/index.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4901","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}