CVE-2023-29080 Privilege escalation in InstallShield
Attackers can escalate privileges by replacing binaries in writable folders during InstallShield installation, leading to DLL hijacking and code execution.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2023-29080?
CVE-2023-29080 is a high-severity vulnerability in Revenera InstallShield, published on 30 Jan 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-552
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-29080?
How do I fix CVE-2023-29080?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-29080 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2023-29080 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-29080 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-jgh6-r92w-wgcf.