CVE-2016-4560

Summary

CVECVE-2016-4560
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-07-02 14:59:00 UTC
Updated2016-11-28 20:18:00 UTC
DescriptionUntrusted search path vulnerability in Flexera InstallAnywhere allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in the current working directory of a setup-launcher executable file.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Flexerasoftware Installanywhere - All All All
Application Flexerasoftware Installanywhere - All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Flexera InstallAnywhere CVE-2016-4560 Local Code Execution Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
Windows loads a different library or launches a different executable than was intended by the author... - Community CONFIRM flexeracommunity.force.com Exploit
Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in InstallAnywhere affects IBM Tivoli Monitoring for Tivoli Storage Manager Server (CVE-2016-4560) CONFIRM www-01.ibm.com
Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in InstallAnywhere affects IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Administration Center (CVE-2016-4560) CONFIRM www-01.ibm.com
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Server and Administration Center Flexera InstallAnywhere Untrusted DLL Search Path Lets Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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