CVE-2019-12828

Public Exploit

Description

An issue was discovered in Electronic Arts Origin before 10.5.39. Due to improper sanitization of the origin:// and origin2:// URI schemes, it is possible to inject additional arguments into the Origin process and ultimately leverage code execution by loading a backdoored Qt plugin remotely via the platformpluginpath argument supplied with a Windows network share.

Category

8.8
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 17.12% Top 10%
Third-Party Advisory bleepingcomputer.com Third-Party Advisory youtube.com Third-Party Advisory github.io
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://zeropwn.github.io/2019-05-22-fun-with-uri-handlers/ third party advisory exploit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9vCx9KsF3c third party advisory exploit
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/qt5-based-gui-apps-susceptible-to-remote-code-execution/ press/media coverage exploit third party advisory
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-19-574/
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153385/EA-Origin-Remote-Code-Execution.html

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2019-12828?
CVE-2019-12828 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2019-12828?
To fix CVE-2019-12828, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2019-12828 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2019-12828 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~17% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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