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CVE-2016-2542

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2016-02-24 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

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.

Affected products

• Revenera InstallShield: before 2015; 2015, 2015-sp1 — fixed in 2015

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Revenera InstallShield 2015. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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

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