CVE-2016-2542
Published Feb 24, 2016
Last updated 3 years ago
Overview
- Description
- 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.
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
- NVD status
- Modified
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Risk scores
CVSS 3.1
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 7.8
- Impact score
- 5.9
- Exploitability score
- 1.8
- Vector string
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Severity
- HIGH
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 7.2
- Impact score
- 10
- Exploitability score
- 3.9
- Vector string
- AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
- nvd@nist.gov
- NVD-CWE-Other
Evaluator
- Comment
- CWE-426: Untrusted Search Path - http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/426.html
- Impact
- -
- Solution
- -
Configurations
[
{
"nodes": [
{
"negate": false,
"cpeMatch": [
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:flexera:installshield:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "63F2F9A0-2D2E-4832-875A-35C7AD6E0992",
"versionEndExcluding": "2015"
},
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:flexera:installshield:2015:-:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "E15C2C15-13A4-451E-9A58-69B617222CC4"
},
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:flexera:installshield:2015:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "ED834A3A-05FD-4BC0-BF57-74E60525905D"
}
],
"operator": "OR"
}
]
}
]