SCA: security update for WixToolset.Util.wixext, wix (GHSA-jx4p-m4wm-vvjg)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 416622

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- 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. (CVE-2024-29188)

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 416622

Version: Revision 1.7

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.8

Percentile: 57.26

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.2

Temporal Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-29188

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.9

Temporal Score: 6.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/25/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/24/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-29188

IAVA: 2024-A-0180

cwe: CWE-59

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