Vulnerability · Published Sep 4, 2024 · Assigned by cirosec

CVE-2024-7834Local privilege escalation in Overwolf

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity uncontrolled search path in Overwolf from Overwolf. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 23% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 77.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A local privilege escalation is caused by Overwolf loading and executing certain dynamic link library files from a user-writeable folder in SYSTEM context on launch. This allows an attacker with unprivileged access to the system to run arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges by placing a malicious .dll file in the respective location.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Overwolf Overwolf 0 – before 250.1.1

Weakness: CWE-427 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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