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Full vulnerability report · 2024
CVE-2024-29187High confidence

WiX based installers are vulnerable to binary hijack when run as SYSTEM

wixtoolset · issues

Official source article: GitHub GHSA-RF39-3F98-XR7R ↗. Check the applicable product and release in the original source.

7.3HighCVSS 3.1
Recommended action
Within 7 days

High technical severity with public exploit material referenced by a structured source; prioritise exposed affected systems while verifying vendor guidance.

Fix not verified
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Operational reassessment

Published severity in operational context

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Published severityHighOperational priority:High, unchanged from published severity.unchanged

Evidence used

  • No CISA KEV confirmation is currently recorded.
  • A structured source references public exploit or proof-of-concept material.
  • Exploitation requires an existing local or physical foothold with privileges.
  • EPSS is 0.46% for the current model date.

Compensating controls

  • Restrict local access and enforce least privilege on affected hosts.
  • Increase monitoring for the attack path and post-exploitation behaviour described in the report.

Verification

  1. Confirm that the asset runs wixtoolset issues and falls inside the recorded affected range.
  2. Recheck the vendor advisory before scheduling a change because no verified fixed version is currently retained.
  3. Validate exposure, authentication requirements and compensating controls in the actual environment.
  4. Reopen this reassessment when CVSS, KEV, EPSS, exploit evidence or remediation changes.
Mitigation target: Within 30 daysRemediation target: Within 180 days

This automated reassessment organises public evidence. It does not know asset exposure, business impact or control effectiveness and does not replace CVSS or a human risk decision.

Open-source package ranges3 source-attributed ranges

These OSV and GitHub advisory ranges apply only to the named package and ecosystem. A listed fixed version is not a universal product patch or proof that an update is installed.

Ecosystem and packageAffected rangeFirst fixed versionEvidence
NuGetWixToolset.SdkECOSYSTEM: introduced 0; fixed 4.0.54.0.5OSV record ↗aggregator derived · 10 Sep 2026
NuGetwixECOSYSTEM: introduced 0; fixed 3.14.13.14.1OSV record ↗aggregator derived · 10 Sep 2026
NuGetwixECOSYSTEM: introduced 4.0.0; fixed 4.0.54.0.5OSV record ↗aggregator derived · 10 Sep 2026
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ENISA European Vulnerability Database

Official EUVD identifiers, advisory evidence and known-exploited context. Missing fields are not treated as evidence of low risk.

1 current
ENISA EUVD identifier

EUVD-2024-1002

No EUVD known-exploited evidence

ENISA has published the identifier mapping but no EUVD description has been stored yet.

EUVD state
Present in the current official mapping
Known exploitation
Not present in the current ENISA EUVD known-exploited dataset. This is not proof of no exploitation.
ENISA score
Not supplied in the stored EUVD record
Advisory evidence
No linked advisory details stored yet
Recommended actionWithin 7 days

High technical severity with public exploit material referenced by a structured source; prioritise exposed affected systems while verifying vendor guidance.

Fix not verified
01

What, why and how

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.

What

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.

Why

The product specifies permissions for a security-critical resource in a way that allows that resource to be read or modified by unintended actors.

How

An attacker operating through local access may attempt exploitation with low privileges. If successful, the issue may gain additional privileges.

What

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.

Why

The product specifies permissions for a security-critical resource in a way that allows that resource to be read or modified by unintended actors.

How

An attacker operating through local access may attempt exploitation with low privileges. If successful, the issue may gain additional privileges.

02

Exploit reality and attack path

CVSS severity, EPSS forecast probability, public exploit material and CISA-confirmed exploitation are separate signals.

Observed exploitation
?Confirmed exploitation and public exploit material are separate signals. Attacks can occur without public proof-of-concept or exploit code.
No confirmed evidence

No CISA KEV match was present at the last successful refresh. This means no confirmation from that source, not proof of no exploitation.

Public PoC / exploit material
?Confirmed exploitation and public exploit material are separate signals. Attacks can occur without public proof-of-concept or exploit code.
Reference recorded

CISA Vulnrichment records proof-of-concept exploitation in its SSVC data. BlackTree has not independently executed or validated exploit material.

Likely attack path
local access → Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource → gain additional privileges
Attack surface
Local
Privileges required
Low: a basic authenticated account is required
User interaction
Required interaction required
Attack complexity
Low: no specialised conditions are recorded
Security boundary
Unchanged: impact remains within the vulnerable component's security authority
Weakness
?CWE means Common Weakness Enumeration: a standard category for the underlying weakness.
CWE-732 ↗

CWE-732: Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. The product specifies permissions for a security-critical resource in a way that allows that resource to be read or modified by unintended actors.

CVSS vector
?CVSS means Common Vulnerability Scoring System. The vector records the metric values used to calculate technical severity.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Common Vulnerability Scoring System 3.1: the compact vector below is decoded into plain language.

AVLocalAttack vector: The attacker needs local access to the vulnerable system.ACLowAttack complexity: No specialised conditions are required beyond attacker-controlled input.PRLowPrivileges required: The attacker needs basic user-level privileges.UIRequiredUser interaction: Another user must perform an action for exploitation to succeed.SUnchangedScope: The security impact remains within the vulnerable component's authority.CHighConfidentiality impact: A successful attack can cause a major loss.IHighIntegrity impact: A successful attack can cause a major loss.AHighAvailability impact: A successful attack can cause a major loss.
Post-exploitation / living off the land
The issue can support a local privilege or sandbox boundary transition; normal system utilities may then be available in the gained context.
Privilege escalationCWE-732Public exploit reference
A

Official authority intelligence

Only matched European and national findings are included. Language selectors and unavailable sources are omitted.

BSI · German · WID-SEC-2024-1338Microsoft Visual Studio: Mehrere Schwachstellen

Ein entfernter, authentisierter Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Microsoft Visual Studio 2017, Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 und Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 ausnutzen, um seine Privilegien zu erhöhen oder beliebigen Programmcode auszuführen.

Official advisory ↗
Cyber Security Agency of Singapore · English · CSA-SB-20240327Security Bulletin 27 Mar 2024

The Cyber Security Agency of Singapore included this CVE in its official Security Bulletin 27 Mar 2024, published on 27 March 2024. Open the linked bulletin for the product, severity and reference information published in that issue.

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CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2024-AVI-0489Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits Microsoft

De multiples vulnérabilités ont été découvertes dans les produits Microsoft. Elles permettent à un attaquant de provoquer une exécution de code arbitraire à distance, une élévation de privilèges et une atteinte à la confidentialité des données.

Official advisory ↗
KISA KrCERT/CC · Korean · KNVD-6581MS 9월 보안 위협에 따른 정기 보안 업데이트 권고

취약성 | | SQL Server | CVE-2025-47997 | Microsoft SQL Server 정보 유출 취약성 | | Visual Studio | CVE-2025-46835 | MITRE: CVE-2025-46835 Git 파일 덮어쓰기 취약성 | | Visual Studio | CVE-2025-46334 | MITRE: CVE-2025-46334 Git 악성 셸 취약성 | | Windows LDAP - Lightweight Directory Access Protocol | CVE-2025-29954 | Windows LDAP(Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) 서비스 거부 취약성 | | Visual Studio | CVE-2025-27614 | MITRE: CVE-2025-27614 Gitk 임의 코드 실행 취약성 | | Visual Studio | CVE-2025-27613 | MITRE: CVE-2025-27613 Gitk 인수 취약성 | | Active Directory Domain Services | CVE-2025-21293 | Active Directory Domain Services Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability | | Visual Studio | CVE-2024-29187 | GitHub: CVE-2024-29187 WiX Burn 기반 번들은 시스템으로 실행될 때 바이너리 하이재킹에 취약 | | SQL Server | CVE-2024-21907 | VulnCheck: CVE-2024-21907 Newtonsoft.Json에서 예외 조건의 부적절한 처리 | ##### □ 작성 : 위협분석단 취약점분석팀

Official advisory ↗
KISA KrCERT/CC · Korean · KNVD-6556MS 8월 보안 위협에 따른 정기 보안 업데이트 권고

| Microsoft Defender for Endpoint | CVE-2025-26684 | Microsoft Defender 권한 상승 취약성 | | Microsoft Exchange Server | CVE-2025-25007 | Microsoft Exchange Server 스푸핑 취약성 | | Microsoft Exchange Server | CVE-2025-25006 | Microsoft Exchange Server 스푸핑 취약성 | | Microsoft Exchange Server | CVE-2025-25005 | Microsoft Exchange Server 변조 취약성 | | SQL Server | CVE-2025-24999 | Microsoft SQL Server 권한 상승 취약성 | | SQL Server | CVE-2024-49000 | SQL Server Native Client 원격 코드 실행 취약성 | | AMD L1 Data Queue | CVE-2024-36357 | AMD: CVE-2025-36357 L1 데이터 큐에서 일시적 스케줄러 공격 | | AMD Store Queue | CVE-2024-36350 | AMD: CVE-2024-36350 스토어 큐에서 일시적 스케줄러 공격 | | Visual Studio | CVE-2024-29187 | GitHub: CVE-2024-29187 WiX Burn 기반 번들은 시스템으로 실행될 때 바이너리 하이재킹에 취약 | | Windows Secure Kernel Mode | CVE-2024-21302 | Windows 보안 커널 모드 권한 상승 취약성 | | Windows Secure Boot | CVE-2023-24932 | 보안 부팅 보안 기능 우회 취약성 | | Microsoft Office SharePoint | CVE-2022-44693 | Microsoft SharePoint Server 원격 코드 실행 취약성 | ##### □ 작성: 위협분석단 취약점분석팀

Official advisory ↗
KISA KrCERT/CC · Korean · KNVD-6528MS 7월 보안 위협에 따른 정기 보안 업데이트 권고

MITRE: CVE-2025-27613 Gitk 인수 취약성 | | Microsoft Defender for Endpoint | CVE-2025-26684 | Microsoft Defender 권한 상승 취약성 | | Windows Kernel | CVE-2025-26636 | Windows 커널 정보 유출 취약성 | | Visual Studio Code | CVE-2025-21264 | Visual Studio Code 보안 기능 바이패스 취약성 | | Service Fabric | CVE-2025-21195 | Azure Service Fabric 런타임 권한 상승 취약성 | | Azure Stack | CVE-2024-49060 | Azure Stack HCI 권한 상승 취약성 | | SQL Server | CVE-2024-49000 | SQL Server Native Client 원격 코드 실행 취약성 | | Microsoft Defender for Endpoint | CVE-2024-43614 | Linux의 엔드포인트용 Microsoft Defender 스푸핑 취약성 | | Azure Stack | CVE-2024-38179 | Azure Stack HCI(하이퍼 컨버지드 인프라) 권한 상승 취약성 | | Visual Studio | CVE-2024-29187 | GitHub: CVE-2024-29187 WiX Burn 기반 번들은 시스템으로 실행될 때 바이너리 하이재킹에 취약 | | Windows Secure Boot | CVE-2024-28923 | 보안 부팅 보안 기능 우회 취약성 | | Windows Secure Kernel Mode | CVE-2024-21302 | Windows 보안 커널 모드 권한 상승 취약성 | | Windows Secure Boot | CVE-2023-24932 | 보안 부팅 보안 기능 우회 취약성 | | Microsoft Defender for Endpoint | CVE-2022-33637 | 엔드포인트용 Microsoft Defender 변조 취약성 | | Microsoft Defender for Endpoint | CVE-2022-23278 | 끝점용 Microsoft Defender 스푸핑 취약성 | ##### □ 작성 : 위협분석단 취약점분석팀

Official advisory ↗
KISA KrCERT/CC · Korean · KNVD-6499MS 6월 보안 위협에 따른 정기 보안 업데이트 권고

29828 | Windows Schannel 원격 코드 실행 취약성 | | .NET, Visual Studio, and Build Tools for Visual Studio | CVE-2025-26646 | .NET, Visual Studio, 및 Build Tools for Visual Studio 스푸핑 취약성 | | Windows Storage Management Provider | CVE-2025-24069 | Windows 저장소 관리 공급자 정보 공개 취약성 | | Windows Storage Management Provider | CVE-2025-24068 | Windows 저장소 관리 공급자 정보 공개 취약성 | | Windows Storage Management Provider | CVE-2025-24065 | Windows 저장소 관리 공급자 정보 공개 취약성 | | Windows Update Stack | CVE-2025-21204 | Windows Process Activation 권한 상승 취약성 | | Windows Standards-Based Storage Management Service | CVE-2025-21174 | Windows 표준 스토리지 관리 서비스 서비스 거부 취약성 | | Visual Studio | CVE-2024-29187 | GitHub: CVE-2024-29187 WiX Burn 기반 번들은 시스템으로 실행될 때 바이너리 하이재킹에 취약 | | Windows Secure Kernel Mode | CVE-2024-21302 | Windows 보안 커널 모드 권한 상승 취약성 | | Windows Secure Boot | CVE-2023-40547 | Redhat: CVE-2023-40547 Shim - HTTP 부팅 지원의 RCE로 인해 보안 부팅 바이패스가 발생할 수 있음 | | Windows Secure Boot | CVE-2022-2601 | Redhat: CVE-2022-2601 grub2 - grub_font_construct_glyph()의 버퍼 오버플로로 인해 범위를 벗어난 쓰기 및 보안 부팅 바이패스가 발생할 수 있음 | ##### □ 작성 : 위협분석단 취약점분석팀

Official advisory ↗
KISA KrCERT/CC · Korean · KNVD-6262MS 8월 보안 위협에 따른 정기 보안 업데이트 권고

| | Windows BitLocker | CVE-2024-38058 | BitLocker 보안 기능 우회 취약성 | | Windows Remote Desktop | CVE-2024-38015 | Windows RD 게이트웨이(원격 데스크톱 게이트웨이) 서비스 거부 취약성 | | Windows Secure Boot | CVE-2024-37973 | 보안 부팅 보안 기능 우회 취약성 | | Microsoft Windows DNS | CVE-2024-37968 | Windows DNS 스푸핑 취약성 | | Azure Data Science Virtual Machines | CVE-2024-37325 | Azure DSVM(Data Science Virtual Machine) 권한 상승 취약성 | | Microsoft Office SharePoint | CVE-2024-32987 | Microsoft SharePoint Server 정보 유출 취약성 | | .NET and Visual Studio | CVE-2024-30105 | .NET Core 및 Visual Studio 서비스 거부 취약성 | | Windows Kerberos | CVE-2024-29995 | Windows Kerberos 권한 상승 취약성 | | Visual Studio | CVE-2024-29187 | GitHub: CVE-2024-29187 WiX Burn 기반 번들은 시스템으로 실행될 때 바이너리 하이재킹에 취약 | | Microsoft Windows DNS | CVE-2024-21377 | Windows DNS 정보 유출 취약성 | | Windows Secure Kernel Mode | CVE-2024-21302 | Windows 보안 커널 모드 권한 상승 취약성 | | Windows Scripting | CVE-2024-20652 | Windows HTML 플랫폼 보안 기능 우회 취약성 | | Windows Secure Boot | CVE-2023-40547 | Redhat: CVE-2023-40547 Shim - HTTP 부팅 지원의 RCE로 인해 보안 부팅 바이패스가 발생할 수 있음 | | Windows Secure Boot | CVE-2022-3775 | Redhat: CVE-2022-3775 grub2 - 특정 유니코드 시퀀스를 렌더링할 때 힙 기반 범위를 벗어난 쓰기 | | Windows Secure Boot | CVE-2022-2601 | Redhat: CVE-2022-2601 grub2 - grub_font_construct_glyph()의 버퍼 오버플로로 인해 범위를 벗어난 쓰기 및 보안 부팅 바이패스가 발생할 수 있

Official advisory ↗
KISA KrCERT/CC · Korean · KNVD-6220MS 6월 보안 위협에 따른 정기 보안 업데이트 권고

| CVE-2024-30066 | Winlogon 권한 상승 취약성 | | Windows Themes | CVE-2024-30065 | Windows 테마 서비스 거부 취약성 | | Windows Kernel | CVE-2024-30064 | Windows 커널 권한 상승 취약성 | | Windows Distributed File System (DFS) | CVE-2024-30063 | Windows DFS(분산 파일 시스템) 원격 코드 실행 취약성 | | Windows Server Service | CVE-2024-30062 | Windows 표준 기반 스토리지 관리 서비스 원격 코드 실행 취약성 | | Azure Monitor | CVE-2024-30060 | Azure Monitor 에이전트 권한 상승 취약성 | | Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) | CVE-2024-30056 | Microsoft Edge(Chromium 기반) 정보 공개 취약성 | | Visual Studio | CVE-2024-30052 | Visual Studio 원격 코드 실행 취약성 | | Microsoft Bing | CVE-2024-30041 | Microsoft Bing Search 스푸핑 취약성 | | Visual Studio | CVE-2024-29187 | GitHub: CVE-2024-29187 WiX Burn 기반 번들은 시스템으로 실행될 때 바이너리 하이재킹에 취약 | | Visual Studio | CVE-2024-29060 | Visual Studio 권한 상승 취약성 | | Microsoft Windows | CVE-2023-50868 | MITRE: CVE-2023-50868 NSEC3 가장 가까운 인클로저 증명이 CPU 소모 가능 | ##### □ 작성 : 위협분석단 취약점분석팀

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NCSC-NL · Dutch · NCSC-2024-0250Kwetsbaarheden verholpen in Microsoft Visual Studio

Een kwaadwillende kan de kwetsbaarheden misbruiken om zich verhoogde rechten toe te kennen, en mogelijk willekeurige code uit te voeren met rechten van het slachtoffer. Voor succesvol misbruik moet de kwaadwillende het slachtoffer misleiden malafide code te downloaden en uit te voeren.

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Patch and workaround

Operational remediation based on structured source evidence.

Status
?Patch availability is based on structured fixed-version fields and authoritative update references. If no fix is verified, check the vendor advisory before making a change.
Fix not verified
Affected
issues: < 3.14.1, >= 4.0.0, < 4.0.5
Fixed
No fixed version is explicitly recorded in the structured CVE data.
Action
No verified patch reference is present in the current structured sources. Check the vendor advisory before making a change.
Workaround
No verified workaround is recorded. Limit untrusted access and use least privilege until authoritative guidance is available.
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Evidence and provenance

Published 24 Mar 2024 · Last source change 13 Aug 2024, 14:28 UTC · CWE-732 · Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

CVE recordCVE.org · 5.1
CVSS sourceCNA
EPSS source
?The date BlackTree first stored a score for this CVE from the daily FIRST EPSS feed.
FIRST · tracked since 2026-08-14
European sourceENISA EUVD · EUVD-2024-1002
Product sourceCNA
Remediation sourceCVE/CNA references
CWE sourceCNA
NVD statusNVD not scheduled

Core structured fields are present and their contributing authorities are shown above.

Material change intelligence

What changed after publication

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No material field changes have been recorded since change tracking began. Routine source refreshes and cosmetic edits are intentionally excluded.

Material fields only · duplicate refreshes suppressed · history retained for the configured operational retention period
Technical terms and abbreviations used in this report
CVE
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures: the public identifier for one disclosed vulnerability.
CVSS
Common Vulnerability Scoring System: a technical severity framework; it is not patching priority by itself.
EPSS
Exploit Prediction Scoring System: FIRST's estimate of the probability that exploitation activity will be observed in the next 30 days; it is a forecast, not confirmation.
CWE
Common Weakness Enumeration: the standard category describing the underlying software or hardware weakness.
CNA
CVE Numbering Authority: an organisation authorised to assign and publish CVE records.
CISA ADP
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Authorized Data Publisher: structured enrichment added to a CVE record.
NVD
National Vulnerability Database: NIST's enrichment service for CVE records.
CERT / CSIRT
A computer security incident response team that publishes warnings or coordinates incident response.
PoC
Proof of concept: public material that demonstrates or helps reproduce exploitation.
CSAF
Common Security Advisory Framework: a machine-readable format for security advisories.
LoTL
Living off the land: abuse of legitimate tools or system functions during an attack.
Free version - for non-commercial use only.CVE-2024-29187 · cve.blacktree.nl