CVE-2016-2521

State: Published
Severity: Not scored
Published: Feb 28, 2016
Updated: Aug 5, 2024
Reserved: Feb 20, 2016

Description

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.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

Product	Versions
n/an/a	n/aAffected

References

https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4a79cf2e1ab056faaddd252aa56520435b318a56
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-01.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
GLSA-201604-05vendor-advisory
1035118vdb-entry

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