Candidate: CVE-2016-2521
PublicDate: 2016-02-28 04:59:00 UTC
References:
 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-2521
 https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-01.html
 https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=4a79cf2e1ab056faaddd252aa56520435b318a56
 http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-01.html
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.
Ubuntu-Description:
Notes:
Bugs:
Priority: low
Discovered-by:
Assigned-to:
CVSS:
 nvd: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H [7.8 HIGH]

Patches_wireshark:
upstream_wireshark: needs-triage
precise_wireshark: ignored (reached end-of-life)
precise/esm_wireshark: DNE (precise was needed)
trusty_wireshark: released (2.6.3-1~ubuntu14.04.1)
trusty/esm_wireshark: released (2.6.3-1~ubuntu14.04.1)

vivid/stable-phone-overlay_wireshark: DNE
vivid/ubuntu-core_wireshark: DNE
wily_wireshark: ignored (reached end-of-life)
xenial_wireshark: released (2.6.3-1~ubuntu16.04.1)

yakkety_wireshark: ignored (reached end-of-life)
zesty_wireshark: ignored (reached end-of-life)
artful_wireshark: ignored (reached end-of-life)
bionic_wireshark: released (2.6.3-1~ubuntu18.04.1)

devel_wireshark: not-affected (2.6.3-1)