CVE-2016-2521

Severity

72%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

165%

Untrusted search path vulnerability in the WiresharkApplication class in ui/qt/wireshark_application.cpp in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.10 and 2.0.x before 2.0.2 on Windows allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse riched20.dll.dll file in the current working directory, related to use of QLibrary.

Untrusted search path vulnerability in the WiresharkApplication class in ui/qt/wireshark_application.cpp in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.10 and 2.0.x before 2.0.2 on Windows allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse riched20.dll.dll file in the current working directory, related to use of QLibrary.

CVSS 3.0 Base Score 7.8. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.2. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

Type

Wireshark

First reported 9 years ago

2016-02-28 04:59:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-09-08 01:29:00

Affected Software

Wireshark 1.12.0

1.12.0

Wireshark 1.12.1

1.12.1

Wireshark Wireshark 1.12.2

1.12.2

Wireshark 1.12.3

1.12.3

Wireshark 1.12.4

1.12.4

Wireshark Wireshark 1.12.5

1.12.5

Wireshark 1.12.6

1.12.6

Wireshark 1.12.7

1.12.7

Wireshark 1.12.8

1.12.8

Wireshark 1.12.9

1.12.9

Wireshark 2.0.0

2.0.0

Wireshark 2.0.1

2.0.1

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