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.
History

Thu, 30 Oct 2025 14:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Microsoft
Microsoft windows
Revenera
Revenera installshield
Vendors & Products Microsoft
Microsoft windows
Revenera
Revenera installshield

Wed, 29 Oct 2025 18:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Description 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.
Title Potential Privilege Escalation in Revenera InstallShield 2023 R1
Weaknesses CWE-426
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 7.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: flexera

Published: 2025-10-29T15:30:53.784Z

Updated: 2025-10-29T17:40:17.707Z

Reserved: 2025-10-28T16:10:03.710Z

Link: CVE-2024-14012

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-10-29T17:40:12.146Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-10-29T16:15:32.860

Modified: 2025-10-30T15:03:13.440

Link: CVE-2024-14012

cve-icon Redhat

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