CVE-2016-2521
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2521
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-2521.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-2521
- Downstream
- Published
- 2016-02-28T04:59:00.120Z
- Modified
- 2026-02-19T00:48:36.100003Z
- Severity
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- 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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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.
- References
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- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035118
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4a79cf2e1ab056faaddd252aa56520435b318a56
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-01.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-05
Affected packages
Git / github.com/wireshark/wireshark
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://github.com/wireshark/wireshark
- Events
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Introduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedLast affected