Description
WiX toolset lets developers create installers for Windows Installer, the Windows installation engine. The custom action behind WiX's `RemoveFolderEx` functionality could allow a standard user to delete protected directories. `RemoveFolderEx` deletes an entire directory tree during installation or uninstallation. It does so by recursing every subdirectory starting at a specified directory and adding each subdirectory to the list of directories Windows Installer should delete. If the setup author instructed `RemoveFolderEx` to delete a per-user folder from a per-machine installer, an attacker could create a directory junction in that per-user folder pointing to a per-machine, protected directory. Windows Installer, when executing the per-machine installer after approval by an administrator, would delete the target of the directory junction. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.14.1 and 4.0.5.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| wixtoolset | issues | < 3.14.1, >= 4.0.0, < 4.0.5 | — |
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NuGet | wix | < 3.14.1 | 3.14.1 | GHSA-jx4p-m4wm-vvjg |
| NuGet | wix | >= 4.0.0, < 4.0.5 | 4.0.5 | GHSA-jx4p-m4wm-vvjg |
| NuGet | WixToolset.Util.wixext | < 4.0.5 | 4.0.5 | GHSA-jx4p-m4wm-vvjg |