CVE-2016-9485
No exploitation reported by the sources we read.
- Published2018-07-13
- WeaknessCWE-264 · CWE-378
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Description
On Windows endpoints, the SecureConnector agent must run under the local SYSTEM account or another administrator account in order to enable full functionality of the agent. The typical configuration is for the agent to run as a Windows service under the local SYSTEM account. The SecureConnector agent runs various plugin scripts and executables on the endpoint in order to gather and report information about the host to the CounterACT management appliance. The SecureConnector agent downloads these scripts and executables as needed from the CounterACT management appliance and runs them on the endpoint. The SecureConnector agent fails to set any permissions on downloaded file objects. This allows a malicious user to take ownership of any of these files and make modifications to it, regardless of where the files are saved. These files are then executed under SYSTEM privileges. A malicious unprivileged user can overwrite these executable files with malicious code before the SecureConnector agent executes them, causing the malicious code to be run under the SYSTEM account.
Timeline
dates in UTC- 2018-07-1320:29CVE publishedNVD
Observed activity
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- Firewall list (EDL, text): https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2016-9485?format=txt
- CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2016-9485?format=csv
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Versions per branch
NVD| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | all versions | no fix published | NVD |
as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.
Fix
No fix published by the sources we read yet. NVD record
Detection
- Nuclei template
- none so far ProjectDiscovery
- Exploit-DB
- no entry Exploit-DB
- Proof-of-concept repositories
- none listed PoC-in-GitHub
Sources
- NVDCVSS 3.07.8read 2026-10-23
- NVDCVSS 2.07.2read 2026-10-23
- CNAweakness (CWE)CWE-378read 2026-10-23
- NVDweakness (CWE)CWE-264read 2026-10-23
- FIRST EPSSEPSS score1.3 %2026-10-22
Technical details
- CVSS v3 Vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Published
- 2018-07-13
- Last Modified
- 2026-06-17
- NVD status
- Modified
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