CVE-2024-7834
Local privilege escalation in Overwolf
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.8 High
- Published
- Sep 4, 2024
- Updated
- Sep 4, 2024
- Reserved
- Aug 15, 2024
Description
A local privilege escalation is caused by Overwolf loading and executing certain dynamic link library files from a user-writeable folder in SYSTEM context on launch. This allows an attacker with unprivileged access to the system to run arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges by placing a malicious .dll file in the respective location.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 7.8 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | cirosec |
Weaknesses
- CWE-427 Uncontrolled Search Path Element
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
OverwolfOverwolf |
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References
- https://www.cirosec.de/sa/sa-2024-004third-party-advisory
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