High severity · published Oct 29, 2025
CVE-2024-14012
Potential Privilege Escalation in Revenera InstallShield 2023 R1
7.3
CVSS
0.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Potential privilege escalation issue in Revenera InstallShield version 2023 R1 running a renamed Setup.exe on Windows. When a local administrator executes a renamed Setup.exe, the MPR.dll may get loaded from an insecure location and can result in a privilege escalation. The issue has been fixed in versions 2023 R2 and later.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.1% · higher than 3% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
IN
InstallShield · Revenera
2023.R1 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-14012
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-14012
community.revenera.com
https://community.revenera.com/s/article/CVE-2024-14012-Potential-Privilege-Escalation-in-InstallShield-2023-R1
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