Potential Privilege Escalation in Revenera InstallShield 2023 R1
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- Active
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-426.
Summary
Potential privilege escalation issue in Revenera InstallShield version 2023 R1 running a renamed Setup.exe on Windows. When a local administrator executes a renamed Setup.exe, the MPR.dll may get loaded from an insecure location and can result in a privilege escalation. The issue has been fixed in versions 2023 R2 and later.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-14012
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2frg-67w9-883j
References
More Revenera vulnerabilities
- TI-2007-05441 The Macrovision InstallShield InstallScript One-Click Install (OCI) ActiveX control 12.0… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
- TI-2023-13524 Privilege escalation in InstallShield CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.5
- TI-2024-07009 A potential elevated privilege issue has been reported with InstallShield built… CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.3
- TI-2025-11394 Potential Denial of Service in Supported Versions of Revenera InstallShield CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 5.6
- TI-2023-13525 InstallShield Symlink Vulnerability Affecting Suite Project Setups CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5
Sources
- CVE-2024-14012 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-14012 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-2frg-67w9-883j · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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