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CVE-2016-1417

29
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-1417 is an untrusted search path vulnerability affecting Snort 2.9.7.0-WIN32. It allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code and conduct DLL hijacking by placing a malicious tcapi.dll in the same network share as a processed pcap file. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no public exploit code available, it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, and there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.9.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:snort:snort:2.9.7.0:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.43%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0443 is in the 90th percentile among its peer group of 14,848 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

hyp3rlinx.altervista.org / advisories/SNORT-DLL-HIJACK.txt
ExploitThird Party Advisory
packetstormsecurity.com / files/138915/Snort-2.9.7.0-WIN32-DLL-Hijacking.html
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / archive/1/539579/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/93269
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1036936
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry