ghsa-jx4p-m4wm-vvjg
Vulnerability from github
Published
2024-03-25 19:42
Modified
2024-03-25 19:42
Severity ?
7.9 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H
Summary
Malicious directory junction can cause WiX RemoveFoldersEx to possibly delete elevated files
Details

Summary

The custom action behind WiX's RemoveFolderEx functionality could allow a standard user to delete protected directories.

Details

RemoveFolderEx deletes an entire directory tree during installation or uninstallation. It does so by recursing every subdirectory starting at a specified directory and adding each subdirectory to the list of directories Windows Installer should delete. If the setup author instructed RemoveFolderEx to delete a per-user folder from a per-machine installer, an attacker could create a directory junction in that per-user folder pointing to a per-machine, protected directory. Windows Installer, when executing the per-machine installer after approval by an administrator, would delete the target of the directory junction.

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  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "NuGet",
        "name": "wix"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "3.14.1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "NuGet",
        "name": "wix"
      },
      "ranges": [
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            {
              "introduced": "4.0.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "4.0.5"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "NuGet",
        "name": "WixToolset.Util.wixext"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "4.0.5"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2024-29188"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-59"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2024-03-25T19:42:17Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2024-03-24T20:15:08Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "### Summary\nThe custom action behind WiX\u0027s `RemoveFolderEx` functionality could allow a standard user to delete protected directories.\n\n### Details\n`RemoveFolderEx` deletes an entire directory tree during installation or uninstallation. It does so by recursing every subdirectory starting at a specified directory and adding each subdirectory to the list of directories Windows Installer should delete. If the setup author instructed `RemoveFolderEx` to delete a per-user folder from a per-machine installer, an attacker could create a directory junction in that per-user folder pointing to a per-machine, protected directory. Windows Installer, when executing the per-machine installer after approval by an administrator, would delete the target of the directory junction.\n",
  "id": "GHSA-jx4p-m4wm-vvjg",
  "modified": "2024-03-25T19:42:17Z",
  "published": "2024-03-25T19:42:17Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/wixtoolset/issues/security/advisories/GHSA-jx4p-m4wm-vvjg"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-29188"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/wixtoolset/wix/commit/2e5960b575881567a8807e6b8b9c513138b19742"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/wixtoolset/wix3/commit/93eeb5f6835776694021f66d4226c262c67d487a"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/wixtoolset/issues"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Malicious directory junction can cause WiX RemoveFoldersEx to possibly delete elevated files"
}


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