CVE-2024-14012 Potential Privilege Escalation in Revenera InstallShield 2023 R1
Local attackers can escalate privileges by exploiting insecure DLL loading in InstallShield when a renamed Setup.exe is executed.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-14012?
CVE-2024-14012 is a high-severity vulnerability in Revenera InstallShield, published on 29 Oct 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-426
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-14012?
How do I fix CVE-2024-14012?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-14012 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2024-14012 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-14012 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-2frg-67w9-883j.