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CVE-2016-4560

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
• 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: yes
• Published: 2016-07-02 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Flexera InstallAnywhere allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in the current working directory of a setup-launcher executable file.

Affected products

• Flexerasoftware Installanywhere: all versions

References

• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21984949
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21985483
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90979
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036478
• https://flexeracommunity.force.com/customer/articles/INFO/Best-Practices-to-Avoid-Windows-Setup-Launcher-Executable-Issues
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21984949
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21985483
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90979
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036478
• https://flexeracommunity.force.com/customer/articles/INFO/Best-Practices-to-Avoid-Windows-Setup-Launcher-Executable-Issues

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