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high 7.8

CVE-2016-2542 json

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Flexera InstallShield through 2015 SP1 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL…

published 2016-02-24 10 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-3618

cvss
7.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 43%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • flexera installshield 2015

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

cisa ICSA-25-205-01 updated cvss 7.0

Mitsubishi Electric CNC Series (Update B)

  • Mitsubishi Electric CNC communication software runtime library M70LC Mitsubishi Electric CNC communication software runtime library M730LC
    affected: mitigation
  • Mitsubishi Electric Numerical Control Device Communication Software (FCSB1224) <="A8"
    affected: vendor fix, mitigation
  • Mitsubishi Electric MS Configurator Mitsubishi Electric NC Analyzer Mitsubishi Electric NC Analyzer2 Mitsubishi Electric NC Configurator2 Mitsubishi Electric NC Designer Mitsubishi Electric NC Designer2
    +5 more products
    Mitsubishi Electric NC Explorer Mitsubishi Electric NC Monitor Mitsubishi Electric NC Monitor2 Mitsubishi Electric NC Trainer Mitsubishi Electric NC Trainer plus
    affected: mitigation
  • Mitsubishi Electric NC Trainer2 <="AB" Mitsubishi Electric NC Trainer2 plus <="AB" Mitsubishi Electric NC Virtual Simulator <="A4"
    affected: vendor fix, mitigation
  • Mitsubishi Electric NC Visualizer Mitsubishi Electric Remote Monitor Tool
    affected: mitigation

Facts from CISA's republication of the vendor's own advisory (CSAF); the linked advisory is the authoritative source. CISA notification · csaf

cisa ICSA-22-326-01 updated cvss 7.8

AVEVA Edge

  • AVEVA Software, LLC AVEVA Edge 2020 R2 SP1, R2 SP1 w/ HF 2020.2.00.40, <= R2 (formerly known as InduSoft Web Studio)
    affected: mitigation “AVEVA recommends organizations evaluate the impact of these vulnerabilities based on operational environment, architecture, and product implementations.” softwaresupportsp.aveva.com

From CISA ICS and IT advisories (CSAF, https://github.com/cisagov/CSAF), a U.S. Government work; changed: reduced to products, statuses and remediations. CISA notification · csaf

cisa ICSA-20-287-03 updated cvss 7.3

Flexera InstallShield

  • Flexera InstallShield <= 2015 SP1
    affected: vendor fix, mitigation “For more information see Flexera's KBR-Article.” community.flexera.com

From CISA ICS and IT advisories (CSAF, https://github.com/cisagov/CSAF), a U.S. Government work; changed: reduced to products, statuses and remediations. CISA notification · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.50% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 43% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.