Security Bulletin
Summary
IBM Cognos Express is affected by these vulnerabilities. InstallShield and InstallAnywhere generate installation executables which are vulnerable to DLL-planting vulnerability.
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)
CVEID: CVE-2016-4560
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/113016 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 Cognos Express 9.5.2
IBM Cognos Express 10.1.0 and 10.1.0.1
Remediation/Fixes
IBM Cognos Express 9.5.2, 10.1.0 and 10.1.0.1
IBM Cognos Express 9.5.2, 10.1.0 and 10.1.0.1 customers should upgrade to a more current version and apply the corresponding update. Please contact Customer Support with any questions.
https://www-947.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/product/cognos/cognos_express?productContext=-15869866
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
*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.
Disclaimer
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Document Information
Modified date:
10 November 2022
UID
swg21994969