CVE-2023-29080 HIGH

CVE-2023-29080: Privilege escalation in InstallShield

Vendor Revenera
Product InstallShield
Weakness CWE-552 · Files accessible externally
Published January 30, 2025
Last update February 12, 2025

CVSS base score

8.5/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality
Integrity

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

January 30, 2025 CVE published
February 12, 2025 Record updated