CVE Catalog

CVE-2016-2542

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

A 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.

Risk Assessment

Organizations may be exposed to unauthorized access to systems, potentially leading to privilege escalation and damage.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update Flexera InstallShield to the latest version and monitor working directories for unauthorized DLL files.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS