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GHSA-JV5M-F67H-GH5C

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 19:19 – Updated: 2022-05-24 19:19

Details

Under certain circumstances, when manipulating the Windows registry, InstallBuilder uses the reg.exe system command. The full path to the command is not enforced, which results in a search in the search path until a binary can be identified. This makes the installer/uninstaller vulnerable to Path Interception by Search Order Hijacking, potentially allowing an attacker to plant a malicious reg.exe command so it takes precedence over the system command. The vulnerability only affects Windows installers.

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CVE-2021-22037 (GCVE-0-2021-22037)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-10-29 11:09 – Updated: 2024-08-03 18:30

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Uncontrolled Search Path Element

Assigner

vmware

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://blog.installbuilder.com/2021/10/installbu…	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
n/a	VMware InstallBuilder	Affected: All InstallBuilder versions prior to version 21.6.0

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GHSA-JV5M-F67H-GH5C

CVE-2021-22037 (GCVE-0-2021-22037)

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