CVE-2023-29080 — Privilege escalation in InstallShield
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…
Published: 2025-01-30 · CVSS: 8.5 · CVSS 4.0
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.
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7