CVE-2016-6914
high
CVSS v3
7.8
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.8
Description
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
75%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| ui | unifi_video | {"endExcluding":"3.8.0"} | 3.8.0 |
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/145533/Ubiquiti-UniFi-Video-3.7.3-Windows-Local-Privilege-Escalation.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Dec/83
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102278
- https://hackerone.com/reports/140793
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43390/
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/145533/Ubiquiti-UniFi-Video-3.7.3-Windows-Local-Privilege-Escalation.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Dec/83
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102278
- https://hackerone.com/reports/140793
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43390/
CWEs
CWE-276
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.