CVE-2016-2542
Published on: 02/23/2016 12:00:00 AM UTC
Last Modified on: 03/23/2021 11:27:14 PM UTC
Certain versions of Installshield from Flexera contain the following vulnerability:
Untrusted search path vulnerability in Flexera InstallShield through 2015 SP1 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in the current working directory of a setup-launcher executable file.
- CVE-2016-2542 has been assigned by
[email protected] to track the vulnerability - currently rated as HIGH severity.
CVSS3 Score: 7.8 - HIGH
Attack Vector ⓘ |
Attack Complexity |
Privileges Required |
User Interaction |
|
---|---|---|---|---|
LOCAL | LOW | LOW | NONE | |
Scope | Confidentiality Impact |
Integrity Impact |
Availability Impact |
|
UNCHANGED | HIGH | HIGH | HIGH |
CVSS2 Score: 7.2 - HIGH
Access Vector ⓘ |
Access Complexity |
Authentication |
---|---|---|
LOCAL | LOW | NONE |
Confidentiality Impact |
Integrity Impact |
Availability Impact |
COMPLETE | COMPLETE | COMPLETE |
CVE References
Description | Tags ⓘ | Link |
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Flexera InstallShield Unquoted Service Path Lets Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges - SecurityTracker | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry www.securitytracker.com text/html |
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Windows loads a different library or launches a different executable than was intended by the author... - Community | Technical Description Third Party Advisory flexeracommunity.force.com text/html |
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[R1] Nessus Network Monitor 5.11.0 Fixes Multiple Third-party Vulnerabilities - Security Advisory | Tenable® | Third Party Advisory www.tenable.com text/html |
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Flexera Software InstallShield CVE-2016-2542 DLL Loading Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry cve.report (archive) text/html |
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Flexera InstallShield | CISA | us-cert.cisa.gov text/html |
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Known Affected Configurations (CPE V2.3)
Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Application | Flexera | Installshield | All | All | All | All |
Application | Flexera | Installshield | 2015 | - | All | All |
Application | Flexera | Installshield | 2015 | sp1 | All | All |
Application | Flexera | Installshield | All | All | All | All |
Application | Flexera | Installshield | 2015 | - | All | All |
Application | Flexera | Installshield | 2015 | sp1 | All | All |
- cpe:2.3:a:flexera:installshield:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:a:flexera:installshield:2015:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:a:flexera:installshield:2015:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:a:flexera:installshield:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:a:flexera:installshield:2015:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:a:flexera:installshield:2015:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*:
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE