CVE-2019-14743

Summary

CVECVE-2019-14743
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-08-07 15:15:00 UTC
Updated2020-08-24 17:37:00 UTC
DescriptionIn Valve Steam Client for Windows through 2019-08-07, HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Valve\Steam has explicit "Full control" for the Users group, which allows local users to gain NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM access.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-732

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Microsoft Windows - All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows - All All All
Application Valvesoftware Steam Client All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Steam Windows Client Local Privilege Escalation 0day MISC amonitoring.ru Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
GitHub - alexanderbittner/steam-privesc: A privilege escalation exploit in the Steam Client MISC github.com
Steam Windows Client Local Privilege Escalation 0day / Блог компании Перспективный мониторинг / Хабр MISC habr.com Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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