CVE-2026-16305
CVE-2026-16305
Local privilege escalation in SmartUpdate.exe and SmartExecute.exe in INFINITT Healthcare Co., Ltd. INFINITT PACS allows a local low-privileged attacker to execute arbitrary commands with administrator privileges via modification of a world-writable execlist.txt command manifest that is processed during application updates.
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
CVE List Score used
CVE-2026-16305
Local privilege escalation in SmartUpdate.exe and SmartExecute.exe in INFINITT Healthcare Co., Ltd. INFINITT PACS allows a local low-privileged attacker to execute arbitrary commands with administrator privileges via modification of a world-writable execlist.txt command manifest that is processed during application updates.
- Record
CVE-2026-16305- 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-732, CWE-276, CWE-269
- Updated
- 2026-11-06
EUVDEUVD-2026-115613
Local privilege escalation in SmartUpdate.exe and SmartExecute.exe in INFINITT Healthcare Co., Ltd. INFINITT PACS allows a local low-privileged attacker to execute arbitrary commands with administrator privileges via modification of a world-writable execlist.txt command manifest that is processed during application updates.
- Record
EUVD-2026-115613- 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 - Updated
- 2026-11-06
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-6wg9-8g76-mrm8
Local privilege escalation in `SmartUpdate.exe` and `SmartExecute.exe` in INFINITT Healthcare Co....
Local privilege escalation in SmartUpdate.exe and SmartExecute.exe in INFINITT Healthcare Co., Ltd. INFINITT PACS allows a local low-privileged attacker to execute arbitrary commands with administrator privileges via modification of a world-writable execlist.txt command manifest that is processed during application updates.
- Record
GHSA-6wg9-8g76-mrm8- 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-269
- Updated
- 2026-11-06
NVD
Local privilege escalation in SmartUpdate.exe and SmartExecute.exe in INFINITT Healthcare Co., Ltd. INFINITT PACS allows a local low-privileged attacker to execute arbitrary commands with administrator privileges via modification of a world-writable execlist.txt command manifest that is processed during application updates.
- Record
CVE-2026-16305- 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-269, CWE-276, CWE-732
- Updated
- 2026-11-06
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| cwes, severity | CVE List | |
| severity | EUVD | |
| facts | NVD | |
| aliases, products, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2026-16305 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Avaya System Manager, published November 2, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.18%, the 7th percentile. No source names a fixed version.