Vulnerabilites related to Nullsoft - Nullsoft Scriptable Install System
CVE-2025-43715 (GCVE-0-2025-43715)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-04-17 00:00
Modified
2025-04-17 19:16
CWE
  • CWE-754 - Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions
Summary
Nullsoft Scriptable Install System (NSIS) before 3.11 on Windows allows local users to escalate privileges to SYSTEM during an installation, because the temporary plugins directory is created under %WINDIR%\temp and unprivileged users can place a crafted executable file by winning a race condition. This occurs because EW_CREATEDIR does not always set the CreateRestrictedDirectory error flag.
Impacted products
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