CVE-2020-27384

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Summary

CVECVE-2020-27384
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-06-09 15:15:00 UTC
Updated2021-06-16 16:39:00 UTC
DescriptionThe Gw2-64.exe in Guild Wars 2 launcher version 106916 suffers from an elevation of privileges vulnerability which can be used by an "Authenticated User" to modify the existing executable file with a binary of his choice. The vulnerability exist due to the improper permissions, with the 'F' flag (Full Control) for 'Everyone' group, making the entire directory 'Guild Wars 2' and its files and sub-dirs world-writable.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-276

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Arena Guild Wars 2 106916 All All All

References

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CVE/Guild Wars 2 - Local Privilege Escalation at master · FreySolarEye/CVE · GitHub MISC github.com
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