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.
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EUVD-2024-0956 | 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. |
Github GHSA |
GHSA-jx4p-m4wm-vvjg | Malicious directory junction can cause WiX RemoveFoldersEx to possibly delete elevated files |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-02T01:10:54.532Z
Reserved: 2024-03-18T17:07:00.094Z
Link: CVE-2024-29188
Updated: 2024-08-02T01:10:54.532Z
Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2024-03-24T20:15:08.243
Modified: 2024-11-21T09:07:45.513
Link: CVE-2024-29188
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