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Wireshark : CVE-2016-2521 : DLL hijacking vulnerability in Wireshark

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Wireshark : CVE-2016-2521 : DLL hijacking vulnerability in Wireshark

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
02/27/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/04/2017
Modified
10/30/2017

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.

Solution(s)

  • wireshark-upgrade-1_12_10
  • wireshark-upgrade-2_0_2

References

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