CVE-2016-5793

high
Published 2016-09-24 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
8.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
7.2
VIR risk
8.8

Description

Unquoted Windows search path vulnerability in Moxa Active OPC Server before 2.4.19 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse executable file in the %SYSTEMDRIVE% directory.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
82%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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References

CWEs

CWE-428

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.