{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-2542 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2016-2542 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2016-2542 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 24 Feb 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2016-2542 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2016-2542 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 24 Feb 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-2542 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-2542/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-2542/index.md)","id":"CVE-2016-2542","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-2542/index.md","name":"CVE-2016-2542","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-f59c-93qc-8672"],"analysis":{"component_type":"desktop_application","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["privilege_escalation","code_execution"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"InstallShield setup launcher","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"Local attackers can gain privileges by placing a malicious DLL in the working directory of the setup launcher.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"path_traversal"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"mitre","cpe":[{"product":"installshield","vendor":"flexera"}],"cvss":{"score":7.8,"severity":"high","source":"nvd","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[],"description":"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.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Path traversal in n/a","id":"CVE-2016-2542","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"path_traversal","year":"2016"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":6,"next":{"headline":"Null dereference in n/a","id":"CVE-2016-2543"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Memory corruption in n/a","id":"CVE-2016-2541"},"products":["n/a"],"published":"2016-02-24","related":[{"cvss_score":5.5,"headline":"InstallShield Symlink Vulnerability Affecting Suite Project Setups","id":"CVE-2023-29081","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-01-26"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-08-05","vendors":["n/a"]},"summary":"Local attackers can gain privileges by placing a malicious DLL in the working directory of the setup launcher.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-2542/"}