What is CVE-2016-4846?

CVE-2016-4846 is a high-severity vulnerability in Securebrain Phishwall Client, classified under Untrusted Search Path. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-04-21.

How severe is CVE-2016-4846?

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

Vulnerability in Securebrain Phishwall Client

CVE-2016-4846

Untrusted search path vulnerability in the installer of PhishWall Client Internet Explorer before 3.7.8.2.

Published 2017-04-21 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

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

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.015 (72.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 73rd percentile — 72.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.015 · newest: 0.015 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Securebrain Phishwall Client

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-426 — Untrusted Search Path

References

jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN45583702/index.html (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
jvndb.jvn.jp/en/contents/2016/JVNDB-2016-000139.html (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/92498 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
www.securebrain.co.jp/about/news/2016/08/160817.html (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-4846?: CVE-2016-4846 is a high-severity vulnerability in Securebrain Phishwall Client, classified under Untrusted Search Path. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-04-21.
How severe is CVE-2016-4846?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.