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CVE-2024-14012

Potential Privilege Escalation in Revenera InstallShield 2023 R1

HIGH
7.3
CVSS Score
Published: October 29, 2025 at 03:30 PM UTC
Updated: October 2, 2026 at 12:10 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorInstallShield

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Severity
HIGH7.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%
SSVC
No known exploit

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

InstallShield· Revenera
95%
2023.R12023.r1

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (1)

Source: cverecord
https://community.revenera.com/s/article/CVE-2024-14012-Potential-Privilege-Escalation-in-InstallShield-2023-R1

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

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CVSS

7.3HIGHflexera
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-426

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