What is CVE-2016-4900?

CVE-2016-4900 is a high-severity vulnerability in Evernote, classified under Untrusted Search Path. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-05-22.

How severe is CVE-2016-4900?

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

Vulnerability in Evernote

CVE-2016-4900

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Evernote for Windows versions prior to 6.3 allows remote attackers to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory.

Published 2017-05-22 · 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 (73.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 74th percentile — 73.8% 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

Evernote
Evernote For Windows — versions versions prior to 6.3

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-426 — Untrusted Search Path

References

jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN03251132/index.html (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2016-000206 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/93572 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
evernote.com/security/updates/ (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-4900?: CVE-2016-4900 is a high-severity vulnerability in Evernote, classified under Untrusted Search Path. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-05-22.
How severe is CVE-2016-4900?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.