CVE-2024-7834

CVSS V2 None CVSS V3 None

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.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2024-7834

Assigner
cirosec

Vulnerability Status
PUBLISHED

Published Version
2024-09-04T12:35:27.628Z

Last Modified Date
2024-09-04T13:15:24.562Z

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-427	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/427.html

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://www.cirosec.de/sa/sa-2024-004	third-party-advisory

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-7834
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-7834

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2024-09-05 13:05:43				Added to TrackCVE