CVE-2024-14012 HIGH

CVE-2024-14012: Potential Privilege Escalation in Revenera InstallShield 2023 R1

Vendor Revenera
Product InstallShield
Weakness CWE-426
Published October 29, 2025
Last update October 29, 2025

CVSS base score

7.3/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction
Confidentiality
Integrity

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Potential privilege escalation issue in Revenera InstallShield version 2023 R1 running a renamed Setup.exe on Windows. When a local administrator executes a renamed Setup.exe, the MPR.dll may get loaded from an insecure location and can result in a privilege escalation. The issue has been fixed in versions 2023 R2 and later.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

October 29, 2025 CVE published
October 29, 2025 Record updated