Windows Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
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. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights.
The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting the input sanitization error to preclude unintended elevation.
- Source published
- 10 Nov 2026 18:19:47 UTC
- Source modified
- 10 Nov 2026 23:51:21 UTC
- Observed here
- 11 Nov 2026 02:25:43 UTC
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CVSS 3.1 · 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C