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CVE-2016-1417

HIGH

8.8

CVSS Severity Score

EPSS Score0.1140%

EPSS Percentile38.65th

PublishedJan 23, 2017

Last ModifiedMay 13, 2026

Vulnerability 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.

Affected Platforms (CPE)

📦

Snort

Snort

= 2.9.7.0

References & Advisories

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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