CVE-2019-15316

High

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.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.0
Exploit probability—
ProductValvesoftware Steam Client
PublishedAug 21, 2019
First seenAug 21, 2019

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
valvesoftware steam_clientv ≤ 2019-08-20—

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CVE-2019-15316 · Valvesoftware Steam Client · Dark Radar