CVE-2019-15315 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Valve Steam Client for Windows through 2019-08-16 allows privilege escalation (to NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM) because local users can replace the current versions of SteamService.exe and SteamService.dll with older versions that lack the CVE-2019-14743 patch.

Published: 2019-08-21

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:a:valvesoftware:steam_client:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2019-6316	Valve Steam Client for Windows through 2019-08-16 allows privilege escalation (to NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM) because local users can replace the current versions of SteamService.exe and SteamService.dll with older versions that lack the CVE-2019-14743 patch.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00035.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://xiaoyinl.github.io/steam_EoP_bypass.html

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Windows

Valvesoftware Steam Client

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2019-08-21T19:35:49.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T00:42:03.779Z

Reserved: 2019-08-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2019-15315

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-08-21T20:15:12.853

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:28:26.050

Link: CVE-2019-15315

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-732

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