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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2016.1332 Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in InstallAnywhere affects IBM Content Collector for SAP Applications on Microsoft Windows (CVE-2016-4560) 26 May 2016 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: IBM Content Collector for SAP Applications Publisher: IBM Operating System: Windows Impact/Access: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands -- Remote with User Interaction Resolution: Patch/Upgrade CVE Names: CVE-2016-4560 Reference: ESB-2016.1299 ESB-2016.1265 Original Bulletin: http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21982743 - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in InstallAnywhere affects IBM Content Collector for SAP Applications on Microsoft Windows (CVE-2016-4560) Security Bulletin Document information More support for: Content Collector for SAP Applications Software version: 2.2.0, 3.0.0, 3.0.0.1, 3.0.0.2 Operating system(s): Windows Reference #: 1982743 Modified date: 2016-05-25 Summary IBM Content Collector for SAP Applications on Microsoft Windows is affected by a vulnerability caused by InstallAnywhere. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2016-4560 DESCRIPTION: Flexera InstallAnywhere could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by an untrusted search path. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a Trojan horse DLL in the current working directory of a setup-launcher executable file to gain elevated privileges on the system. CVSS Base Score: 7.8 CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/113016 for the current score CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H) Affected Products and Versions IBM Content Collector for SAP Applications V2.2 IBM Content Collector for SAP Applications V3.0 Remediation/Fixes For IBM Content Collector for SAP Applications V2.2 IBM recommends upgrading to a fixed, supported version of the product. IBM Content Collector for SAP Applications V4.0 is immune against this vulnerability, since it uses IBM Installation Manager instead of Flexera InstallAnywhere. Workarounds and Mitigations To install: 1. As an administrator, create a new secure directory. The directory must not exist before and only the administrator should have write permission to it. 2. Unzip or copy the files from your installation media into this new directory. 3. Rename the file install.exe to ICCSAP_install.exe. Do not skip this step. 4. in install.bat change the line set exe_path=install.exe to set exe_path=ICCSAP_install.exe 5. Ensure there are no DLL files in this directory. 6. Run install.bat from this directory to install the product. Proceed with the installation as normal. Get Notified about Future Security Bulletins Subscribe to My Notifications to be notified of important product support alerts like this. References Complete CVSS v3 Guide On-line Calculator v3 Related information IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog Change History 26 May 2016 - Original version *The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin. Disclaimer According to the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST), the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) is an "industry open standard designed to convey vulnerability severity and help to determine urgency and priority of response." IBM PROVIDES THE CVSS SCORES "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. 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