CVE-2021-41526 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

A vulnerability has been reported in the windows installer (MSI) built with InstallScript custom action. This vulnerability may allow privilege escalation when invoked ‘repair’ of the MSI which has an InstallScript custom action.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00069.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Flexera	Revenera Installshield

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:flexera:revenera_installshield::::::windows::*
	cpe:2.3:a:flexera:revenera_installshield:2021:-::::windows::*
	cpe:2.3:a:flexera:revenera_installshield:2021:r1::::windows::*

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Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Apr/24
https://community.flexera.com/t5/InstallShield-Knowledge-Base/CVE-2021-41526-Privilege-escalation-vulnerability-during-MSI/ta-p/218137/jump-to/first-unread-message
https://github.com/mandiant/Vulnerability-Disclosures/blob/master/MNDT-2021-0011/MNDT-2021-0011.md

History

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: flexera

Published: 2023-03-29T00:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-04T03:15:28.449Z

Reserved: 2021-09-20T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2021-41526

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T03:15:28.449Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-03-29T21:15:07.810

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:26:21.203

Link: CVE-2021-41526

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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