Creation of Temporary File With Insecure Permissions in InstallShield - CVE-2023-29080
Published: May 4, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU75721
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-29080
CWE-ID: CWE-378
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Macrovision Corporation
Affected software:
InstallShield
InstallShield
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to an InstallScript custom action, added to a Basic MSI or InstallScript MSI project, extracts few binaries to a predefined writable folder during installation time. A local user can overwrite the files and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
How to mitigate CVE-2023-29080
Install updates from vendor's website.