CVE-2024-14012

Privilege escalation via insecure MPR.dll search

Published Oct 29, 2025 · Updated Oct 29, 2025

Untrusted search path in Flexera InstallShield 2023 R1 allows local users to escalate privileges through a renamed Setup.exe on Windows. When a local administrator launches the renamed file, its launcher resolves MPR.dll from an insecure directory instead of a trusted system path. Exploitation requires local access, administrator action, and control of the DLL search location; the planted library runs in the launcher's privileged context.

CVSS severity7.3
High
EPSS probability0.13%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Untrusted search path in Flexera InstallShield 2023 R1 allows local users to escalate privileges through a renamed Setup.exe on Windows. When a local administrator launches the renamed file, its launcher resolves MPR.dll from an insecure directory instead of a trusted system path. Exploitation requires local access, administrator action, and control of the DLL search location; the planted library runs in the launcher's privileged context.

The record

CVE
CVE-2024-14012
Published
Oct 29, 2025
Updated
Oct 29, 2025
Vendor
Revenera
Product
InstallShield
Classifications
CWE-426, T1574.001
Attack vector
local
Privileges
admin

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Oct 29, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Oct 29, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=2023.R1

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesadmin

What is affected?

Revenera · InstallShieldversion=2023.R1

Published CVSS scores

7.3Flexera Software LLCCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

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Sep 9, 2026Sep 15, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 15, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesadmin
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-426Untrusted Search Path
T1574.001DLL Search Order Hijacking

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