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CVE-2016-1417
HIGH · CVSS 8.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2017-01-23T21:59:01.003 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:41:56.417

Summary

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Snort 2.9.7.0-WIN32 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code and conduct DLL hijacking attacks via a Trojan horse tcapi.dll that is located in the same folder on a remote file share as a pcap file that is being processed.

Affected products

snort — snort

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References

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