Malicious directory junction can cause WiX RemoveFoldersEx to possibly delete elevated files (wixtoolset issues)

CVE-2024-29188
HIGH 7.8

En bref

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.24 % · centile 15 ()
État
PUBLISHED
Publiée
Mise à jour
Attribuée par
GitHub_M
Statut NVD
Deferred

Description

WiX toolset lets developers create installers for Windows Installer, the Windows installation engine. The custom action behind WiX's `RemoveFolderEx` functionality could allow a standard user to delete protected directories. `RemoveFolderEx` deletes an entire directory tree during installation or uninstallation. It does so by recursing every subdirectory starting at a specified directory and adding each subdirectory to the list of directories Windows Installer should delete. If the setup author instructed `RemoveFolderEx` to delete a per-user folder from a per-machine installer, an attacker could create a directory junction in that per-user folder pointing to a per-machine, protected directory. Windows Installer, when executing the per-machine installer after approval by an administrator, would delete the target of the directory junction. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.14.1 and 4.0.5.

Faiblesses (CWE)

  • CWE-59 — Suivi de lien non maîtrisé

Références

Scores

VersionScoreVecteurÉvalué par
CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:HGitHub_M
CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.9CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:HNVD · security-advisories@github.com (Secondary)

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Références européennes

Produits affectés

ProduitVersions
wixtoolset · issuesaffected < 3.14.1 ; affected >= 4.0.0, < 4.0.5

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD