Description
A vulnerability was detected in InnoSetup Installer 5.5.9. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation results in uncontrolled search path. The attack can be executed remotely. The exploit is now public and may be used. This is a malformed-PE / self-extracting-installer defect report that the vendor never acknowledged.
Published: 2022-06-16
Score: 5.3 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-11066 A vulnerability was found in InnoSetup Installer. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to uncontrolled search path. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.
History

Tue, 29 Sep 2026 06:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description A vulnerability was found in InnoSetup Installer. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to uncontrolled search path. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. A vulnerability was detected in InnoSetup Installer 5.5.9. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation results in uncontrolled search path. The attack can be executed remotely. The exploit is now public and may be used. This is a malformed-PE / self-extracting-installer defect report that the vendor never acknowledged.
First Time appeared Innosetup
Innosetup installer
Weaknesses CWE-426
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:innosetup:installer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Innosetup
Innosetup installer
References
Metrics cvssV2_0

{'score': 4.4, 'vector': 'AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L'}

cvssV3_0

{'score': 6.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:U/RC:R'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P'}

cvssV2_0

{'score': 6, 'vector': 'AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:POC/RL:U/RC:UR'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:U/RC:R'}


Tue, 15 Apr 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Subscriptions

Innosetup Installer
Jrsoftware Inno Setup
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulDB

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-29T05:56:55.900Z

Reserved: 2022-06-08T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-20051

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-05T21:45:25.374Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-06-16T07:15:07.053

Modified: 2026-09-29T06:16:56.450

Link: CVE-2017-20051

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses
  • CWE-426

    Untrusted Search Path

  • CWE-427

    Uncontrolled Search Path Element