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SCA: security update for WixToolset.Util.wixext, wix (GHSA-jx4p-m4wm-vvjg)
high Tenable Self-Hosted Container 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)
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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