{"id":"CVE-2016-4902","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-4902","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T18:46:14.274Z","title":"Untrusted search path vulnerability in The Public Certification Service for Individuals \"The JPKI user's software (for Windows 7 and later)\" Ver3.0.1 and earlier, The Public Certification Service for Individuals \"The JPKI user's software (for Windows…","description":"Untrusted search path vulnerability in The Public Certification Service for Individuals \"The JPKI user's software (for Windows 7 and later)\" Ver3.0.1 and earlier, The Public Certification Service for Individuals \"The JPKI user's software (for Windows Vista)\" Ver3.0.1 and earlier and The Public Certification Service for Individuals \"The JPKI user's software\" Ver2.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory.","published":"2017-06-09T16:29:00.000Z","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":["jpki/the public certification service for individuals","jpki/the public certification service for individuals for windows 7","jpki/the public certification service for individuals for windows vista"],"epss":{"score":0.01829,"percentile":0.78704,"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 (1.83%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94087","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"vultures@jpcert.or.jp"},{"url":"https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN91002412/index.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"vultures@jpcert.or.jp"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94087","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN91002412/index.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4902","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."}