CVE-2016-9274

mediumpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.009 · 60 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.90% (60th) EPSS

CVSS 4.4 · medium

Is it mine?

2 products

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Who says so?

3 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Git 1.x for Windows allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse git.exe file in the current working directory. NOTE: 2.x is unaffected.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 4.4–7.8

v2.04.4mediumAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.4 · impact 6.4

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.17.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-426USprimary

affected products (2)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
git for windows project git for windows1.0.0 → 1.9.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:git_for_windows_project:git_for_windows:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2016-11-11modified 2026-06-17

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references (9)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/944 cnnvd
https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94289 cnnvd
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7jOLv0sul0 cnnvd
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94289 enisa_euvd
https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/944 enisa_euvd
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7jOLv0sul0 enisa_euvd
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94289Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entrynvd
https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/944Issue TrackingPatchVendor Advisorynvd

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