Security Bulletin
Summary
Flexera InstallShield 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.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2016-2542
DESCRIPTION: Flexera InstallShield 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
2.5.1
Remediation/Fixes
| Product | VRMF | Remediation/First Fix |
| IBM Security Guardium Data Redaction | 2.5.1 | https://www-01.ibm.com/software/passportadvantage/pao_customer.html |
Workarounds and Mitigations
This is an installation modification - existing deployments are not required to be reinstalled; Old installation can be also used from within an empty directory
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References
Change History
Updated "workaround" section; updated workaround again.
*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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Internal Use Only
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Document Information
Modified date:
16 June 2018
UID
swg21984520