CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-2542
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2016-02-24
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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.
Affected configurations
• flexera installshield (< 2015)
• flexera installshield 2015
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84213 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035097 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://flexeracommunity.force.com/customer/articles/INFO/Best-Practices-to-Avoid-Windows-Setup-Launcher-Executable-Issues Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
- https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-20-287-03 us-cert.cisa.gov
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html www.oracle.com
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2019-08 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84213 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035097 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://flexeracommunity.force.com/customer/articles/INFO/Best-Practices-to-Avoid-Windows-Setup-Launcher-Executable-Issues Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
- https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-20-287-03 us-cert.cisa.gov
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html www.oracle.com
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2019-08 Third Party Advisory