CVE-2016-4901 is an untrusted search path vulnerability affecting all versions of the e-Tax Software installer from the national_tax_agency. This flaw allows remote attackers to elevate privileges by tricking the installer into loading a malicious DLL from an unspecified directory. With a CVSS v3 score of 7.8 (High), successful exploitation could lead to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring user interaction but with low attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:national_tax_agency:e-tax:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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