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high 8.3

CVE-2024-24810 json

WiX is vulnerable to DLL redirection attacks that allow the attacker to escalate privileges

published 2y ago modified 2mo ago also GHSA-7wh2-wxc7-9ph5 , EUVD-2024-0564

cvss
8.3
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 14%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

WiX toolset lets developers create installers for Windows Installer, the Windows installation engine. The .be TEMP folder is vulnerable to DLL redirection attacks that allow the attacker to escalate privileges. This impacts any installer built with the WiX installer framework. This issue has been patched in version 4.0.4.

Patch / fix

  • nuget wix 3.14.0, 4.0.4
  • firegiant wix_toolset 3.14.0, 4.0.4

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
2y ago

Exploit prediction

0.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 14% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 8.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
GitHub 3.1 8.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
nuget wix
>=4.0.0, <4.0.4
<3.14.0
4.0.4
3.14.0

Affected products

  • wixtoolset issues
  • firegiant wix_toolset

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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