CVE-2016-9274 is an untrusted search path vulnerability affecting Git 1.x for Windows, allowing local users to achieve privilege escalation by executing a malicious git.exe from the current working directory. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) but has low attack complexity (AC:L), potentially leading to high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 1.0.0, <= 1.9.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:git_for_windows_project:git_for_windows:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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