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GHSA-FRCM-HVX7-5P9Q

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-11-08 00:31 – Updated: 2025-11-08 00:31

Details

Potential Denial of Service issue in all supported versions of Revenera InstallShield version 2025 R1, 2024 R2, 2023 R2, and prior. When e.g., a local administrator performs an uninstall, a symlink may get followed on removal of a user writeable configuration directory and induce a Denial of Service as a result. The issue is resolved through the hotfixes InstallShield2025R1-CVE-2025-12418-SecurityPatch, InstallShield2024R2-CVE-2025-12418-SecurityPatch, and InstallShield2023R2-CVE-2025-12418-SecurityPatch.

Severity ?

5.6 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:H

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  "modified": "2025-11-08T00:31:00Z",
  "published": "2025-11-08T00:31:00Z",
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    },
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CVE-2025-12418 (GCVE-0-2025-12418)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-11-07 21:27 – Updated: 2025-11-13 14:26

Summary

Severity ?

5.6 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:H

CWE

CWE-59 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

Assigner

flexera

References

URL

Tags

https://community.revenera.com/s/article/CVE-2025…

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	Revenera	InstallShield	Affected: 2023.R1 , ≤ 2023.R2 (semver) Affected: 2024.R1 , ≤ 2024.R2 (semver) Affected: 2025.R1 , < InstallShield2025R1-CVE-2025-12418-SecurityPatch (custom)

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Sightings

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Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-FRCM-HVX7-5P9Q

CVE-2025-12418 (GCVE-0-2025-12418)

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