CVE-2025-12418

MediumCVSS 5.6

Published: 07/11/2025(UTC)Updated: 07/10/2026(UTC)Translated: 08/10/2026(UTC)NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk

0.15%

4th percentile - higher than 4% of all known CVEs

Summary

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.

Risk Assessment

A local attacker or administrator can cause a denial of service by exploiting a symlink during uninstallation, potentially disrupting system operation. The risk is limited to local access and requires administrator privileges.

Recommendation

Apply the appropriate security patches: InstallShield2025R1-CVE-2025-12418-SecurityPatch, InstallShield2024R2-CVE-2025-12418-SecurityPatch, or InstallShield2023R2-CVE-2025-12418-SecurityPatch, depending on the version in use.

Other vulnerabilities in Revenera InstallShield

CVE-2024-14012High
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.

Original NVD description (English source)

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS