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Vulnerability details: VCID-wc8j-qyp4-tqbd
Vulnerability ID VCID-wc8j-qyp4-tqbd
Aliases CVE-2016-4802
Summary Multiple untrusted search path vulnerabilities in cURL and libcurl before 7.49.1, when built with SSPI or telnet is enabled, allow local users to execute arbitrary code and conduct DLL hijacking attacks via a Trojan horse (1) security.dll, (2) secur32.dll, or (3) ws2_32.dll in the application or current working directory.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 7.0
Risk 3.5
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (2)
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
System Score Found at
epss 0.00612 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-4802
epss 0.00612 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-4802
epss 0.00612 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-4802
epss 0.00612 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-4802
epss 0.00612 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-4802
epss 0.00612 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-4802
epss 0.00612 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-4802
epss 0.00612 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-4802
epss 0.00612 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-4802
cvssv3.1 High https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2016-4802.html
cvssv2 6.9 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4802
cvssv3 7.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4802
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-4802
https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20160530.html
https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2016-4802.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90997
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036008
cpe:2.3:a:haxx:curl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:haxx:curl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2016-4802 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4802
No exploits are available.
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4802
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4802
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.6974
EPSS Score 0.00612
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T17:47:53.142514+00:00 EPSS Importer Import https://epss.cyentia.com/epss_scores-current.csv.gz 38.0.0