Caphyon Advanced Installer up to 20.0 MSI Repair Local Privilege Escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Caphyon Advanced Installer up to 20.0. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component MSI Repair. The manipulation leads to an unknown weakness. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2023-25396. The attack needs to be performed locally. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Caphyon Advanced Installer up to 20.0 and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown function of the component MSI Repair. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Privilege escalation in the MSI repair functionality in Caphyon Advanced Installer 20.0 and below allows attackers to access and manipulate system files.

The weakness was released 02/08/2023. It is possible to read the advisory at advancedinstaller.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2023-25396 since 02/06/2023. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

Upgrading to version 20.1 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at advancedinstaller.com.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2023-29352). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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CPE 2.3info

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Local Privilege Escalation
CWE: Unknown
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Advanced Installer 20.1

Timelineinfo

02/06/2023 🔍
02/08/2023 +2 days 🔍
02/08/2023 +0 days 🔍
10/31/2025 +996 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: advancedinstaller.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-25396 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-25396
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-220451
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Entryinfo

Created: 02/08/2023 21:09
Updated: 10/31/2025 08:52
Changes: 02/08/2023 21:09 (49), 10/31/2025 08:52 (15)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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