CVE-2024-14012

Potential Privilege Escalation in Revenera InstallShield 2023 R1

Published Oct 29, 2025 CVSS 4.0 · 7.3 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

Vendor Solution

Update to Revenera InstallShield 2023 R2 or later.

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Advisories

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

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

Type Values Removed Values Added
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'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
flexera
Published
Updated
Oct 29, 2025, 5:40 PM
Reserved
Oct 28, 2025, 4:10 PM
Status
Deferred
Published
Oct 29, 2025, 4:15 PM
Modified
Oct 2, 2026, 12:10 AM