CVE-2023-29080 (GCVE-0-2023-29080)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-01-30 17:41 – Updated: 2025-02-12 17:03
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Privilege escalation in InstallShield
Summary
Potential privilege escalation vulnerability in Revenera InstallShield versions 2022 R2 and 2021 R2 due to adding InstallScript custom action to a Basic MSI or InstallScript MSI project extracting few binaries to a predefined writable folder during installation time. The standard user account has write access to these files and folders, hence replacing them during installation time can lead to a DLL hijacking vulnerability.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-01-30 19:51 UTC
CWE
- CWE-552 - Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://community.revenera.com/s/article/cve-2023… | vendor-advisory |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenera | InstallShield |
Affected:
2022 R2 , < 2022 R2 (28.0.0.763)
(custom)
Affected: 2021 R2 , < 2021 R2 (27.0.0.126) (custom) |
guessed |
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