CVE-2024-14012 | BDVDB-2026-299909 Detail

ReveneraInstallShield

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.

Impact#

CAPEC-233 Privilege Escalation

Weaknesses#

CWE-426 Untrusted Search Path

References#

https://community.revenera.com/s/article/CVE-2024-14012-Potential-Privilege-Escalation-in-InstallShield-2023-R1

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12025-10-29Record published in the CVE List.

Published

Published: 2025-10-29
Last modified: 2025-10-29

Vendor information

Vendor: Revenera
Product: InstallShield

All Revenera vulnerabilities

Score

7.3 High

EPSS

less than 1%, Very Low

Estimated chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. EPSS percentile: 2.9.

KEV

Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

Impact

Not classified

Action

No specific action is recorded in the source data. Check the references for vendor guidance.

Affected Systems

Vulnerable
2023.R1
Fixed
Not stated

Scoring System

CVSS v4.0

7.3 High

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

Metric breakdown
Attack Vector	Local
Attack Complexity	Low
Attack Requirements	Present
Privileges Required	Low
User Interaction	Active
Vulnerable System Confidentiality	High
Vulnerable System Integrity	High
Vulnerable System Availability	High
Subsequent System Confidentiality	High
Subsequent System Integrity	High
Subsequent System Availability	High

CVSS v3.1

Not available

CVSS v3.0

Not available

CVSS v2

Not available

Source: CVE List v5 (record); CISA KEV (kev, action); FIRST EPSS (epss).