JVN#11601216: Installer of "Security Kinou Mihariban" may insecurely load Dynamic Link Libraries

Installer of “Security Kinou Mihariban” provided by NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE WEST CORPORATION contains an issue with the DLL search path, which may lead to insecurely loading Dynamic Link Libraries (CWE-427).

Impact

Arbitrary code may be executed with the privilege of the user invoking the installer.

Solution

Use the latest installer
Use the latest installer (“Security Kinou Mihariban” v1.0.22 or upper version) according to the information provided by the developer.

When installing “Security Kinou Mihariban”, be sure to check there are no suspicious files in the directory where the installer resides.

Note that this vulnerability affects the installer only, thus users who have already installed “Security Kinou Mihariban” do not need to re-install the software using the latest installer.

Products Affected

• Security Kinou Mihariban v1.0.21 and earlier