Improper Privilege Management Affecting nsis package, versions <2.50-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.39% (31st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN13-NSIS-5690651
  • published1 Oct 2018
  • disclosed1 Oct 2018

Introduced: 1 Oct 2018

CVE-2015-9267  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-269  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:13 nsis to version 2.50-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nsis package and not the nsis package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:13 relevant fixed versions and status.

Nullsoft Scriptable Install System (NSIS) before 2.49 uses temporary folder locations that allow unprivileged local users to overwrite files. This allows a local attack in which either a plugin or the uninstaller can be replaced by a Trojan horse program.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1