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JVNDB-2026-001732

Vulnerability from jvndb - Published: 2026-01-26 16:04 - Updated:2026-01-26 16:04

Severity ?

7.8 (High) - cvssV3_0 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

Multiple Brother software installers may insecurely load Dynamic Link Libraries

Details

Multiple software installers provided by Brother Industries, Ltd. may insecurely load some dynamic link libraries.

Uncontrolled search path element (CWE-427) - CVE-2016-2542, CVE-2021-41526

Kazuma Matsumoto of GMO Cybersecurity by Ierae, Inc. reported this vulnerability to Brother Industries, Ltd. and coordinated. After the coordination was completed, Brother Industries, Ltd. reported the case to JPCERT/CC to notify users of the solution through JVN.

References

Type

URL

	JVN	https://jvn.jp/en/vu/JVNVU93474119/index.html
	JVN	https://jvn.jp/en/ta/JVNTA91240916/
	CVE	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2542
	CVE	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-41526
	Uncontrolled Search Path Element(CWE-427)	https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/427.html

Impacted products

Vendor

Product

	Brother Industries	Software Update Notification Updater
	Brother Industries	Status Monitor Update Tool
	Brother Industries	Universal Printer Driver
	Brother Industries	Universal Printer Driver for BR-Script (PostScript language emulation)
	Brother Industries	Universal Printer Driver for PCL

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CVE-2021-41526 (GCVE-0-2021-41526)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-03-29 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-04 03:15

Summary

A vulnerability has been reported in the windows installer (MSI) built with InstallScript custom action. This vulnerability may allow privilege escalation when invoked ‘repair’ of the MSI which has an InstallScript custom action.

Severity ?

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

flexera

References

URL

Tags

	https://community.flexera.com/t5/InstallShield-Kn…
	https://github.com/mandiant/Vulnerability-Disclos…
	http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Apr/24	mailing-list

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CVE-2016-2542 (GCVE-0-2016-2542)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-02-24 02:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 23:32

Summary

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.

Severity ?

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre

References

URL

Tags

	http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035097	vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84213	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
	https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2019-08	x_refsource_CONFIRM
	https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html	x_refsource_MISC
	https://flexeracommunity.force.com/customer/artic…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
	https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-20-287-03	x_refsource_MISC

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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JVNDB-2026-001732

CVE-2021-41526 (GCVE-0-2021-41526)

CVE-2016-2542 (GCVE-0-2016-2542)

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