Security Advisory

CVE-2025-43715

CVE vulnerability detail - eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2025-04-17 00:00:00
Last updated 2025-04-17 19:16:59
Assigner mitre
CVSS score 8.1
State PUBLISHED

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.