CVE-2016-1417

HIGH

Snort 2.9.7.0-WIN32 - Remote Code Execution via DLL Hijacking

Title source: llm

Description

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.

References (5)

Core 5

Core References

Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036936

Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc

http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/SNORT-DLL-HIJACK.txt

Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93269

Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry x_refsource_misc

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138915/Snort-2.9.7.0-WIN32-DLL-Hijacking.html

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539579/100/0/threaded

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8

EPSS 0.0443

EPSS Percentile 90.1%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE

CWE-426

Status published

Products (1)

snort/snort 2.9.7.0

Published Jan 23, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026