Description
An issue in Blizzard Battle.net v2.40.0.15267 allows attackers to escalate privileges via placing a crafted shell script or executable into the C:\ProgramData directory.
Published: 2025-05-21
Score: 8.4 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-16024 An issue in Blizzard Battle.net v2.40.0.15267 allows attackers to escalate privileges via placing a crafted shell script or executable into the C:\ProgramData directory.
History

Tue, 03 Jun 2025 14:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Blizzard
Blizzard battle.net
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:blizzard:battle.net:2.40.0.15267:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Blizzard
Blizzard battle.net

Wed, 21 May 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-427
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Wed, 21 May 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description An issue in Blizzard Battle.net v2.40.0.15267 allows attackers to escalate privileges via placing a crafted shell script or executable into the C:\ProgramData directory.
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Blizzard Battle.net
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2025-05-21T19:46:56.376Z

Reserved: 2025-03-11T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2025-27997

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-05-21T19:37:30.368Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-05-21T16:15:30.997

Modified: 2025-06-03T13:52:50.260

Link: CVE-2025-27997

cve-icon Redhat

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Weaknesses