CVE-2024-29187
CVSS 3.1 Score 7.3 of 10 (high)
Details
Published Mar 24, 2024
Updated: Mar 25, 2024
CWE ID 732
Summary
CVE-2024-29187 is a vulnerability affecting the WiX toolset, a software used by developers to create installers for the Windows Installer. The issue arises when the tool, named Burn, runs with SYSTEM privileges and uses the GetTempPathW function to specify the insecure directory C:\\Windows\\Temp for temporary files. If a standard user is able to hijack one of these files before it is loaded into the application, they can gain elevated privileges. This vulnerability has been addressed in the WiX toolset versions 3.14.1 and 4.0.5.
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