CVE-2016-6914
Ubiquiti UniFi Video before 3.8.0 for Windows uses weak permissions for the installation...
Ubiquiti UniFi Video before 3.8.0 for Windows uses weak permissions for the installation directory, which allows local users to gain SYSTEM privileges via a Trojan horse taskkill.exe file.
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
Ubiquiti UniFi Video before 3.8.0 for Windows uses weak permissions for the installation directory, which allows local users to gain SYSTEM privileges via a Trojan horse taskkill.exe file.
- Record
CVE-2016-6914- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/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-276
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Ubiquiti UniFi Video before 3.8.0 for Windows uses weak permissions for the installation directory, which allows local users to gain SYSTEM privileges via a Trojan horse taskkill.exe file.
- Record
CVE-2016-6914- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-7799 No score
Ubiquiti UniFi Video before 3.8.0 for Windows uses weak permissions for the installation directory, which allows local users to gain SYSTEM privileges via a Trojan horse taskkill.exe file.
- Record
EUVD-2016-7799- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-m6qh-7ffq-jg2w
Ubiquiti UniFi Video before 3.8.0 for Windows uses weak permissions for the installation...
Ubiquiti UniFi Video before 3.8.0 for Windows uses weak permissions for the installation directory, which allows local users to gain SYSTEM privileges via a Trojan horse taskkill.exe file.
- Record
GHSA-m6qh-7ffq-jg2w- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-276
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | Ubiquiti UniFi Video 3.7.3 - Local Privilege Escalation | 2017-12-26 |
| PoC in GitHub | CybermonkX/CVE-2016-6914-UniFiVideo-LPE | 2025-02-13 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD, PoC in GitHub |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2016-6914 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Ui Unifi Video, published December 27, 2017. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.16%, the 67th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
securityfocus.com/bid/102278
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Dec/83
hackerone.com/reports/140793
exploit-db.com/exploits/43390
packetstormsecurity.com/files/145533/Ubiquiti-UniFi-Video-3.7.3-Windows-Local-Privilege-Escalation.html
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6914
github.com/advisories/GHSA-m6qh-7ffq-jg2w