JVN#60695371: The installer of Music Center for PC may insecurely load Dynamic Link Libraries

Music Center for PC provided by Sony Video & Sound Products Inc. is a file management tool. The installer of Music Center for PC 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
Windows 7 users who intend to install Music Center for PC should use the latest installer according to the information provided by the developer.
Also when executing the installer, be sure to check there are no suspicious files in the directory where the installer resides.
According to the developer, existing users are not affected by this vulnerability. However the developer states that users are recommended to update Music Center for PC to the latest version using the latest installer because the updated version also contains fixes for other bugs.

Products Affected

• Music Center for PC version 1.0.01 and earlier

The developer states that this vulnerability is exploited only when executing the installer on Windows 7.