CVE-2015-9268

HIGH

Nullsoft Scriptable Install System < 2.49 - Unsafe Implicit Linking via Version.dll

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Nullsoft Scriptable Install System (NSIS) before 2.49 has unsafe implicit linking against Version.dll. In other words, there is no protection mechanism in which a wrapper function resolves the dependency at an appropriate time during runtime.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00041.html
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://sourceforge.net/p/nsis/bugs/1125/
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_jvn
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN68418039/index.html

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0152
EPSS Percentile 71.7%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (2)
debian/debian_linux 8.0
nullsoft/nullsoft_scriptable_install_system < 2.49
Published Oct 01, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026