FKIE_CVE-2023-29080

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-01-30 18:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 05:49
Severity
8.5 (High) - CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
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.
References
PSIRT-CNA@flexerasoftware.comhttps://community.revenera.com/s/article/cve-2023-29080-security-patch-for-the-possible-privileged-escalation-scenarios-identified-in-installshield-nbsp
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T05:49:19.150",
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