ghsa-jx4p-m4wm-vvjg
Vulnerability from github
Published
2024-03-25 19:42
Modified
2024-03-25 19:42
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Summary
Malicious directory junction can cause WiX RemoveFoldersEx to possibly delete elevated files
Details
Summary
The custom action behind WiX's RemoveFolderEx functionality could allow a standard user to delete protected directories.
Details
RemoveFolderEx deletes an entire directory tree during installation or uninstallation. It does so by recursing every subdirectory starting at a specified directory and adding each subdirectory to the list of directories Windows Installer should delete. If the setup author instructed RemoveFolderEx to delete a per-user folder from a per-machine installer, an attacker could create a directory junction in that per-user folder pointing to a per-machine, protected directory. Windows Installer, when executing the per-machine installer after approval by an administrator, would delete the target of the directory junction.
{
"affected": [
{
"package": {
"ecosystem": "NuGet",
"name": "wix"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "3.14.1"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
]
},
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"package": {
"ecosystem": "NuGet",
"name": "wix"
},
"ranges": [
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"events": [
{
"introduced": "4.0.0"
},
{
"fixed": "4.0.5"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
]
},
{
"package": {
"ecosystem": "NuGet",
"name": "WixToolset.Util.wixext"
},
"ranges": [
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"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "4.0.5"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
]
}
],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2024-29188"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-59"
],
"github_reviewed": true,
"github_reviewed_at": "2024-03-25T19:42:17Z",
"nvd_published_at": "2024-03-24T20:15:08Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "### Summary\nThe custom action behind WiX\u0027s `RemoveFolderEx` functionality could allow a standard user to delete protected directories.\n\n### Details\n`RemoveFolderEx` deletes an entire directory tree during installation or uninstallation. It does so by recursing every subdirectory starting at a specified directory and adding each subdirectory to the list of directories Windows Installer should delete. If the setup author instructed `RemoveFolderEx` to delete a per-user folder from a per-machine installer, an attacker could create a directory junction in that per-user folder pointing to a per-machine, protected directory. Windows Installer, when executing the per-machine installer after approval by an administrator, would delete the target of the directory junction.\n",
"id": "GHSA-jx4p-m4wm-vvjg",
"modified": "2024-03-25T19:42:17Z",
"published": "2024-03-25T19:42:17Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/wixtoolset/issues/security/advisories/GHSA-jx4p-m4wm-vvjg"
},
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-29188"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/wixtoolset/wix/commit/2e5960b575881567a8807e6b8b9c513138b19742"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/wixtoolset/wix3/commit/93eeb5f6835776694021f66d4226c262c67d487a"
},
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://github.com/wixtoolset/issues"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
],
"summary": "Malicious directory junction can cause WiX RemoveFoldersEx to possibly delete elevated files"
}
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