CVE-2024-29188

highpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.002 · 15 %ileEURUUS
grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.24% (15th) EPSS
CVSS 7.9 · high
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Who says so?
4 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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.

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cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.9
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.17.9highAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU
v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU
v3.17.9highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:Hsecondary · security-advisories@github.comexploitability 1.5 · impact 5.8
v3.17.9highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:Hsecondary · OSV
v3.17.2highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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ssvc

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Trackcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS
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weaknesses

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CWE-59USCWE-59USCWE-59US
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affected products (8)

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advisories (1)

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  • GHSA-jx4p-m4wm-vvjgMalicious directory junction can cause WiX RemoveFoldersEx to possibly delete elevated files2024-03-25ghsa · osvUS

    ### 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.

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also known as (4)

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sources

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cnnvdenisa_euvdfstec_bduosvNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2024-03-24modified 2026-06-17
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references (10)

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