CVE-2020-36603

Summary

CVECVE-2020-36603
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-09-14 22:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-09-20 16:59:00 UTC
DescriptionThe HoYoVerse (formerly miHoYo) Genshin Impact mhyprot2.sys 1.0.0.0 anti-cheat driver does not adequately restrict unprivileged function calls, allowing local, unprivileged users to execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges on Microsoft Windows systems. The mhyprot2.sys driver must first be installed by a user with administrative privileges.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Hoyoverse Mhyprot2 1.0.0.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Ransomware Actor Abuses Genshin Impact Anti-Cheat Driver to Kill Antivirus MISC www.trendmicro.com
GitHub - kkent030315/evil-mhyprot-cli: A PoC for Mhyprot2.sys vulnerable driver that allowing read/write memory in kernel/user via unprivileged user process. MISC github.com
Disclosure: The Mhyprot Vulnerability - Genshin Impact | GodEye.club MISC web.archive.org
Hackers Are Using Anti-Cheat in 'Genshin Impact' to Ransom Victims MISC www.vice.com
GitHub - kagurazakasanae/Mhyprot2DrvControl: A lib that allows using mhyprot2 driver for enum process modules, r/w process memory and kill process. MISC github.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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