{"cve":"CVE-2024-29188","nvd":{"published":"2024-03-24T20:15:08.243","modified":"2026-06-17T07:22:35.413","status":"Deferred","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H","score":7.9},"cwes":["CWE-59"],"references":["https://github.com/wixtoolset/issues/security/advisories/GHSA-jx4p-m4wm-vvjg","https://github.com/wixtoolset/wix/commit/2e5960b575881567a8807e6b8b9c513138b19742","https://github.com/wixtoolset/wix3/commit/93eeb5f6835776694021f66d4226c262c67d487a","https://github.com/wixtoolset/issues/security/advisories/GHSA-jx4p-m4wm-vvjg","https://github.com/wixtoolset/wix/commit/2e5960b575881567a8807e6b8b9c513138b19742"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:47:51.568503435+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-29188","score":0.00242,"percentile":0.15382,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}