GHSA-q6pm-vq8v-xh67

GHSA-q6pm-vq8v-xh67 PUBLISHED CVSS 7.800000190734863 HIGH

Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 24, 2022

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the Windows Installer when the Windows Installer fails to properly sanitize input leading to an insecure library loading behavior.A locally authenticated attacker could run arbitrary code with elevated system privileges, aka 'Windows Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.

Risk scores

CVSS 3.0

7.800000190734863

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Timeline

May 24, 2022 CVE Published
Apr 9, 2026 Security Advisory

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vulnetix vdb vuln GHSA-q6pm-vq8v-xh67
vulnetix vdb fixes GHSA-q6pm-vq8v-xh67

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  "https://api.vdb.vulnetix.com/v2/vuln/GHSA-q6pm-vq8v-xh67/fixes/registry"

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