{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-9486 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2016-9486 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2016-9486 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows SecureConnector agent, published on 13 Jul 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2016-9486 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2016-9486 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows SecureConnector agent, published on 13 Jul 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-9486 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Microsoft Windows SecureConnector agent. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-9486/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-9486/index.md)","id":"CVE-2016-9486","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-9486/index.md","name":"CVE-2016-9486","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-p7f2-2jfr-jv53"],"analysis":{"component_type":"desktop_application","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["privilege_escalation","code_execution"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"SecureConnector agent","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"An authenticated unprivileged user can escalate to administrator privileges by overwriting a batch file executed by the SecureConnector agent in the user's temp directory.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"privilege_escalation"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"certcc","cpe":[{"product":"secureconnector","vendor":"forescout"}],"cvss":{"score":7.8,"severity":"high","source":"nvd","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.0"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-264","name":null},{"id":"CWE-379","name":"Creation of Temporary File in Directory with Insecure Permissions"}],"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. By default, these executable files are downloaded to and run from the %TEMP% directory of the currently logged on user, despite the fact that the SecureConnector agent is running as SYSTEM. Aside from the downloaded scripts, the SecureConnector agent runs a batch file with SYSTEM privileges from the temp directory of the currently logged on user. If the naming convention of this script can be derived, which is made possible by placing it in a directory to which the user has read access, it may be possible overwrite the legitimate batch file with a malicious one before SecureConnector executes it. It is possible to change this directory by setting the the configuration property config.script_run_folder.value in the local.properties configuration file on the CounterACT management appliance, however the batch file which is run does not follow this property.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Privilege escalation in Windows SecureConnector agent","id":"CVE-2016-9486","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"privilege_escalation","year":"2016"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":2,"next":{"headline":"EpubCheck 4.0.1 is vulnerable to external XML entity processing attacks","id":"CVE-2016-9487"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Privilege escalation in Windows SecureConnector agent","id":"CVE-2016-9485"},"products":["Windows SecureConnector agent"],"published":"2018-07-13","related":[{"cvss_score":8.7,"headline":"Remote Code Execution in Windows Secure Connector/ HPS Inspection Engine via Insecure Named Pipe Access","id":"CVE-2025-4660","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2025-05-13"},{"cvss_score":8.5,"headline":"Abuse of Unauthenticated Compliance Recheck in SecureConnector","id":"CVE-2024-9950","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2025-01-02"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"ForeScout NAC SecureConnector – CWE-427: Uncontrolled Search Path Element","id":"CVE-2023-39374","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-09-03"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Privilege escalation in Windows SecureConnector agent","id":"CVE-2016-9485","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2018-07-13"},{"cvss_score":7,"headline":"Privilege escalation in n/a","id":"CVE-2024-22795","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-02-08"},{"cvss_score":6.1,"headline":"ForeScout - SecureConnector Local Service DoS","id":"CVE-2021-36724","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2021-12-29"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-08-06","vendors":["Microsoft"]},"summary":"An authenticated unprivileged user can escalate to administrator privileges by overwriting a batch file executed by the SecureConnector agent in the user's temp directory.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-9486/"}