Description

Nullsoft Scriptable Install System (NSIS) before 3.11 on Windows allows local users to escalate privileges to SYSTEM during an installation, because the temporary plugins directory is created under %WINDIR%\temp and unprivileged users can place a crafted executable file by winning a race condition. This occurs because EW_CREATEDIR does not always set the CreateRestrictedDirectory error flag.

INFO

Published Date :

2025-04-17T00:00:00.000Z

Last Modified :

2025-04-17T19:16:59.738Z

Source :

mitre
AFFECTED PRODUCTS

The following products are affected by CVE-2025-43715 vulnerability.

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https://nsis.sourceforge.io/Docs/AppendixF.html#v3.11-rl cve-icon cve-icon
https://sourceforge.net/p/nsis/bugs/1315/ cve-icon cve-icon
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