Vulnerability · Published Apr 27, 2020 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-12242
High 7.8
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in the affected software. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.1% (higher than 65% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.1%top 34.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
Valve Source allows local users to gain privileges by writing to the /tmp/hl2_relaunch file, which is later executed in the context of a different user account.
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://0xem.ma/cve/2020/04/28/Source-hl2-relaunch-exec.html x_refsource_MISC