JVN#65154137: Installer of Denshinouhin Check System (for Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Nouson Seibi Jigyou) may insecurely load Dynamic Link Libraries

Installer of Denshinouhin Check System (for Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Nouson Seibi Jigyou) contains an issue with the DLL search path, which may lead to insecurely loading Dynamic Link Libraries.

Impact

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

Solution

Use the latest installer
The user who had downloaded the installer of Denshinouhin Check System (for Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Nouson Seibi Jigyou) before 2017 June 12 but have not yet installed the Denshinouhin Check System (for Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Nouson Seibi Jigyou) should follow the instructions below.

• Step 1: Delete Denshinouhin Check System (for Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Nouson Seibi Jigyou) obtained from the website before 2017 June 12.
• Step 2: Download Installer of Denshinouhin Check System (for Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Nouson Seibi Jigyou) 2014 March Edition (Ver.9.0.001.002) then install Denshinouhin Check System (for Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Nouson Seibi Jigyou).
  Also when installing Denshinouhin Check System (for Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Nouson Seibi Jigyou), be sure to check there are no suspicious files besides “setup.exe” in the folder which was extracted from the zip file.

Note that this vulnerability affects the installer only, thus users who have already installed Denshinouhin Check System (for Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Nouson Seibi Jigyou) do not need to re-install the software using newer version (Ver.9.0.001.002).

Products Affected

• Installer of Denshinouhin Check System (for Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Nouson Seibi Jigyou) 2014 March Edition (Ver.9.0.001.001) [Updated on 2017 June 9]
• Installer of Denshinouhin Check System (for Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Nouson Seibi Jigyou) 2014 March Edition (Ver.8.0.001.001) [Updated on 2016 May 31] and earlier