Description

WiX toolset lets developers create installers for Windows Installer, the Windows installation engine. The custom action behind WiX's `RemoveFolderEx` functionality could allow a standard user to delete protected directories. `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. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.14.1 and 4.0.5.

Severity

 

CVSS Version 3.x CVSS Version 2.0

CVSS 3.x Severity and Metrics:

NIST: NVD

Base Score:  N/A

NVD assessment not yet provided.

CNA:  GitHub, Inc.

Base Score:  7.9 HIGH

Vector:  CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H

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CVSS 2.0 Severity and Metrics:

NIST: NVD

Base Score: N/A

NVD assessment not yet provided.

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Hyperlink	Resource
https://github.com/wixtoolset/issues/security/advisories/GHSA-jx4p-m4wm-vvjg
https://github.com/wixtoolset/wix/commit/2e5960b575881567a8807e6b8b9c513138b19742
https://github.com/wixtoolset/wix3/commit/93eeb5f6835776694021f66d4226c262c67d487a

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-59	Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')	GitHub, Inc.

Change History

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New CVE Received by NIST 3/24/2024 4:15:08 PM

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Added	CVSS V3.1		GitHub, Inc. AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H
Added	CWE		GitHub, Inc. CWE-59
Added	Description		Record truncated, showing 500 of 899 characters. View Entire Change Record WiX toolset lets developers create installers for Windows Installer, the Windows installation engine. The custom action behind WiX's `RemoveFolderEx` functionality could allow a standard user to delete protected directories. `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
Added	Reference		GitHub, Inc. https://github.com/wixtoolset/issues/security/advisories/GHSA-jx4p-m4wm-vvjg [No types assigned]
Added	Reference		GitHub, Inc. https://github.com/wixtoolset/wix/commit/2e5960b575881567a8807e6b8b9c513138b19742 [No types assigned]
Added	Reference		GitHub, Inc. https://github.com/wixtoolset/wix3/commit/93eeb5f6835776694021f66d4226c262c67d487a [No types assigned]