CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2023-29081

Incorrect Default Permissions

Published: Jan 26, 2024 | Modified: Feb 01, 2024
CVSS 3.x
5.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

A vulnerability has been reported in Suite Setups built with versions prior to InstallShield 2023 R2. This vulnerability may allow locally authenticated users to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) condition when handling move operations on local, temporary folders.

Weakness

During installation, installed file permissions are set to allow anyone to modify those files.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Installshield Flexera 2016 (including) 2016 (including)
Installshield Flexera 2016-sp1 (including) 2016-sp1 (including)
Installshield Flexera 2016-sp2 (including) 2016-sp2 (including)
Installshield Flexera 2017 (including) 2017 (including)
Installshield Flexera 2017-sp1 (including) 2017-sp1 (including)
Installshield Flexera 2018 (including) 2018 (including)
Installshield Flexera 2018-r2 (including) 2018-r2 (including)
Installshield Flexera 2018-sp1 (including) 2018-sp1 (including)
Installshield Flexera 2019 (including) 2019 (including)
Installshield Flexera 2019-r2 (including) 2019-r2 (including)
Installshield Flexera 2019-r3 (including) 2019-r3 (including)
Installshield Flexera 2020 (including) 2020 (including)
Installshield Flexera 2020-r2 (including) 2020-r2 (including)
Installshield Flexera 2020-r3 (including) 2020-r3 (including)
Installshield Flexera 2020-r3sp1 (including) 2020-r3sp1 (including)
Installshield Flexera 2021-r1 (including) 2021-r1 (including)
Installshield Flexera 2021-r2 (including) 2021-r2 (including)
Installshield Flexera 2022-r1 (including) 2022-r1 (including)
Installshield Flexera 2022-r2 (including) 2022-r2 (including)
Installshield Flexera 2023-r1 (including) 2023-r1 (including)

Potential Mitigations

  • Compartmentalize the system to have “safe” areas where trust boundaries can be unambiguously drawn. Do not allow sensitive data to go outside of the trust boundary and always be careful when interfacing with a compartment outside of the safe area.
  • Ensure that appropriate compartmentalization is built into the system design, and the compartmentalization allows for and reinforces privilege separation functionality. Architects and designers should rely on the principle of least privilege to decide the appropriate time to use privileges and the time to drop privileges.

References