CVE-2016-1742
Untrusted search path vulnerability in the installer in Apple iTunes before 12.4 allows local...
Untrusted search path vulnerability in the installer in Apple iTunes before 12.4 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in the current working directory.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Untrusted search path vulnerability in the installer in Apple iTunes before 12.4 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in the current working directory.
- Record
CVE-2016-1742- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 High
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-264
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Untrusted search path vulnerability in the installer in Apple iTunes before 12.4 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in the current working directory.
- Record
CVE-2016-1742- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-2837 No score
Untrusted search path vulnerability in the installer in Apple iTunes before 12.4 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in the current working directory.
- Record
EUVD-2016-2837- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-qcc8-2v4m-qw7h
Untrusted search path vulnerability in the installer in Apple iTunes before 12.4 allows local...
Untrusted search path vulnerability in the installer in Apple iTunes before 12.4 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in the current working directory.
- Record
GHSA-qcc8-2v4m-qw7h- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2016-1742 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Apple Itunes, published May 20, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.42%, the 36th percentile. No source names a fixed version.