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CVE-2018-20817

Published: Apr 19, 2019Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-119
NVD MITRE
9.8CVSSCRITICAL
EPSS Score
3.6%
Top 12.0%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
2 Known
Remediation
No Fix Available

Description

SV_SteamAuthClient in various Activision Infinity Ward Call of Duty games before 2015-08-11 is missing a size check when reading authBlob data into a buffer, which allows one to execute code on the remote target machine when sending a steam authentication request. This affects Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Call of Duty: Ghosts, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, Call of Duty: Black Ops 1, and Call of Duty: Black Ops 2.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-119

Affected Products

call of duty\activision
Mixed
Consumer Software / gaming
n/an/a
activisioncommercialUSConsumer Softwareaka activision

Attack Graph

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Exploitability

2 exploit sources identified

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Initial Access
Privilege Escalation
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References

https://github.com/RektInator/cod-steamauth-rce
github.com
https://github.com/momo5502/cod-exploits/tree/master/steam-auth
github.com

Timeline

Published
Apr 19, 2019
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024

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