CVE-2021-41526 (GCVE-0-2021-41526)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-03-29 00:00
Modified
2024-08-04 03:15
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
A vulnerability has been reported in the windows installer (MSI) built with InstallScript custom action. This vulnerability may allow privilege escalation when invoked ‘repair’ of the MSI which has an InstallScript custom action.
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