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CVE-2025-12418: revenera installshield Link Following

CVSS: 5.6v4.0MediumDeferred
Published 07-11-2025Last modified 13-11-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-12418 is a medium (CVSS 5.6) Link Following vulnerability in revenera installshield. EPSS estimates a 0.16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.6/10
010
Medium · v4.0 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.16%
0%100%
Low · +0.01 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 07-11-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 13-11-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Potential Denial of Service issue in all supported versions of Revenera InstallShield version 2025 R1, 2024 R2, 2023 R2, and prior. When e.g., a local administrator performs an uninstall, a symlink may get followed on removal of a user writeable configuration directory and induce a Denial of Service as a result. The issue is resolved through the hotfixes InstallShield2025R1-CVE-2025-12418-SecurityPatch, InstallShield2024R2-CVE-2025-12418-SecurityPatch, and InstallShield2023R2-CVE-2025-12418-SecurityPatch.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.16%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

5%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.01 pp

From 0.15% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.16%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Revenera1 product
  • installshield≥ 2023.R1, ≤ 2023.R2 | ≥ 2024.R1, ≤ 2024.R2 | ≥ 2025.R1, < InstallShield2025R1-CVE-2025-12418-SecurityPatch

1 vendor · 1 product

References

1 links