Security Bulletin
Summary
An InstallAnywhere vulnerability was disclosed by Flexera. InstallAnywhere is used by IBM WebSphere Appliance Management Center for Microsoft Windows.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2016-2542
DESCRIPTION: Flexera InstallAnywhere could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by an untrusted search path. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a Trojan horse DLL in the current working directory of a setup-launcher executable file to gain elevated privileges on the system.
CVSS Base Score: 7.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/110914 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Affected Products and Versions
IBM WebSphere Appliance Management Center: 5.0
Remediation/Fixes
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Product | VRMF | APAR | Remediation/First Fix |
| WebSphere Appliance Management Center | V5.0.0 | None | Link to download |
Workarounds and Mitigations
To install:
1. As an administrator, create a new secure directory. The directory must not exist before and only the administrator should have write permission to it.
2. Unzip the installation media into this new directory.
3. Ensure there are no DLL files in this directory.
4. Run install.exe from this directory to install the product. Proceed with the installation as normal.
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References
Change History
18 May 2016: Original version published
*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.
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Document Information
Modified date:
15 June 2018
UID
swg21983587