Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2016-2521 First vendor Publication 2016-02-27
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2023-11-07

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Overall CVSS Score 7.8
Base Score 7.8 Environmental Score 7.8
impact SubScore 5.9 Temporal Score 7.8
Exploitabality Sub Score 1.8
 
Attack Vector Local Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High Availability Impact High
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 7.2 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 10 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 3.9 Authentication None Required
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Detail

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.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-2521

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 12

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2016-04-27 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201604-05.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-03-03 Name : The remote Mac OS X host has an application installed that is affected by mul...
File : macosx_wireshark_1_12_10.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-03-03 Name : The remote Mac OS X host has an application installed that is affected by mul...
File : macosx_wireshark_2_0_2.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-03-03 Name : The remote Windows host has an application installed that is affected by mult...
File : wireshark_1_12_10.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-03-03 Name : The remote Windows host has an application installed that is affected by mult...
File : wireshark_2_0_2.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4a79c...
Source Url
CONFIRM http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-01.html
GENTOO https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-05
SECTRACK http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035118

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Date Informations
2023-11-07 21:44:14
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2021-05-04 12:48:11
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2021-04-22 01:59:05
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2020-05-23 00:50:24
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2017-09-08 09:23:24
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2016-12-03 09:24:53
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2016-09-23 09:23:48
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2016-04-28 13:28:17
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2016-03-04 13:26:25
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2016-03-01 21:25:55
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2016-02-28 09:24:05
  • First insertion