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ghsa-f59c-93qc-8672

Vulnerability from github

Published

2022-05-13 01:09

Modified

2022-05-13 01:09

Severity ?

7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

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.

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CVE-2016-2542 (GCVE-0-2016-2542)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2016-02-24 02:00

Modified

2024-08-05 23:32

Severity ?

CWE

n/a

Summary

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.

References

URL

Tags

	http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035097	vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK
	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84213	vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID
	https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2019-08	x_refsource_CONFIRM
	https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html	x_refsource_MISC
	https://flexeracommunity.force.com/customer/articles/INFO/Best-Practices-to-Avoid-Windows-Setup-Launcher-Executable-Issues	x_refsource_CONFIRM
	https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-20-287-03	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	n/a	n/a	Version: n/a

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