What is CVE-2016-1742?

CVE-2016-1742 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apple Itunes, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2016-05-20.

How severe is CVE-2016-1742?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Apple Itunes

CVE-2016-1742

Untrusted search path vulnerability in the installer in Apple iTunes before 12.4 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in the current working directory.

Published 2016-05-20 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (34.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 34th percentile — 34.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Apple Itunes

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-264

References

lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00006.html (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
www.securitytracker.com/id/1035887 (vdb-entry)
support.apple.com/HT206379 (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-1742?: CVE-2016-1742 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apple Itunes, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2016-05-20.
How severe is CVE-2016-1742?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.