CVE-2018-16177 is an untrusted search path vulnerability affecting the installer of the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update Modify module for the Security Measures tool, impacting Microsoft and NTT West products. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) allows an attacker to gain privileges by tricking a user into running a Trojan horse DLL from an unspecified directory. While the attack requires user interaction, it can lead to full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no public exploit code available, and the vulnerability has received minimal community discussion or media coverage, indicating low active exploitation.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ntt-west:fall_creators_update:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub 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 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.