Description
Valve Steam Client for Windows through 2019-08-20 has weak folder permissions, leading to privilege escalation (to NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM) via crafted use of CreateMountPoint.exe and SetOpLock.exe to leverage a TOCTOU race condition.
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Remediation
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
EUVD |
EUVD-2019-6317 | Valve Steam Client for Windows through 2019-08-20 has weak folder permissions, leading to privilege escalation (to NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM) via crafted use of CreateMountPoint.exe and SetOpLock.exe to leverage a TOCTOU race condition. |
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History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-05T00:42:03.701Z
Reserved: 2019-08-21T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2019-15316
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Status : Modified
Published: 2019-08-21T20:15:12.930
Modified: 2024-11-21T04:28:26.183
Link: CVE-2019-15316
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OpenCVE Enrichment
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EUVD