Ubisoft Uplay Insecure File Permissions Vulnerability

BID:68407

Info

Ubisoft Uplay Insecure File Permissions Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 68407
Class: Unknown
CVE: CVE-2014-5453
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Jul 03 2014 12:00AM
Updated: Mar 19 2015 09:26AM
Credit: Gjoko Krstic
Vulnerable:
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Ubisoft Uplay Insecure File Permissions Vulnerability

Ubisoft Uplay is prone to an insecure file-permissions vulnerability.

An attacker can exploit this issue to gain unauthorized access to or create arbitrary files with elevated privileges.

Ubisoft Uplay 4.6.3208 and 4.5.2.3010 are vulnerable.

Exploit / POC

Ubisoft Uplay Insecure File Permissions Vulnerability

The following proof of concept is available:

Solution / Fix

Ubisoft Uplay Insecure File Permissions Vulnerability

Solution:
Reportedly, the issue is fixed; however, Symantec has not confirmed this. Please contact the vendor for more information.

References

Ubisoft Uplay Insecure File Permissions Vulnerability

References:

© CVE.report 2026

Use of this information constitutes acceptance for use in an AS IS condition. There are NO warranties, implied or otherwise, with regard to this information or its use. Any use of this information is at the user's risk. It is the responsibility of user to evaluate the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any information, opinion, advice or other content. EACH USER WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY consequences of his or her direct or indirect use of this web site. ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND ARE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED. This site will NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT or any other kind of loss.

CVE, CWE, and OVAL are registred trademarks of The MITRE Corporation and the authoritative source of CVE content is MITRE's CVE web site. This site includes MITRE data granted under the following license.

Free CVE JSON API cve.report/api

CVE.report and Source URL Uptime Status status.cve.report