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SCA: security update for WixToolset.Sdk, wix (GHSA-rf39-3f98-xr7r)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 418682

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. When
 a bundle runs as SYSTEM user, Burn uses GetTempPathW which points to an insecure directory C:\Windows\Temp
 to drop and load multiple binaries. Standard users can hijack the binary before it's loaded in the
 application resulting in elevation of privileges. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.14.1 and 4.0.5.
 (CVE-2024-29187)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rf39-3f98-xr7r

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 418682

Version: Revision 1.9

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: 4.9

Percentile: 57.49

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-29187

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/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-2024-29187

IAVA: 2024-A-0180

cwe: CWE-732