CVE-2025-12418

Nov. 7, 2025, 10:15 p.m.

5.6
Medium

Description

Potential Denial of Service issue in all supported versions of Revenera InstallShield version 2025 R1, 2024 R2, 2023 R2, and prior. When e.g., a local administrator performs an uninstall, a symlink may get followed on removal of a user writeable configuration directory and induce a Denial of Service as a result. The issue is resolved through the hotfixes InstallShield2025R1-CVE-2025-12418-SecurityPatch, InstallShield2024R2-CVE-2025-12418-SecurityPatch, and InstallShield2023R2-CVE-2025-12418-SecurityPatch.

Product(s) Impacted

Vendor Product Versions
Revenera
  • Installshield
  • 2025, 2024, 2023, <2023

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-59
Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
The product attempts to access a file based on the filename, but it does not properly prevent that filename from identifying a link or shortcut that resolves to an unintended resource.

*CPE(s)

Affected systems and software identified for this CVE.

Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language Software Edition Target Software Target Hardware Other Information
a revenera installshield 2025 r1 / / / / / /
a revenera installshield 2024 r2 / / / / / /
a revenera installshield 2023 r2 / / / / / /
a revenera installshield <2023 / / / / / /

References

https://community.revenera.com/s/article/CVE-2025-12418-Potential-Unintended-File-Deletion-Issue-Caused-by-InstallShield-Suite-Uninstallation-Process

Tags

CWE-59
PSIRT-CNA@flexerasoftware.com
2025-11-07
CVE-2025-12418

CVSS Score

5.6 / 10

CVSS Data - 4.0

  • Attack Vector: LOCAL
  • Attack Complexity: LOW
  • Attack Requirements: PRESENT
  • Privileges Required: LOW
  • User Interaction: ACTIVE
  • Scope:
  • Confidentiality Impact: NONE
  • Integrity Impact: NONE
  • Availability Impact: HIGH
  • Exploit Maturity: NOT_DEFINED

    • CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

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Timeline

Published: Nov. 7, 2025, 10:15 p.m.
Last Modified: Nov. 7, 2025, 10:15 p.m.

Status : Received

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

PSIRT-CNA@flexerasoftware.com

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