CVE-2019-17180

Public Exploit

Description

Valve Steam Client before 2019-09-12 allows placing or appending partially controlled filesystem content, as demonstrated by file modifications on Windows in the context of NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM. This could lead to denial of service, elevation of privilege, or unspecified other impact.

Category

7.8
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.10%
Vendor Advisory steampowered.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://amonitoring.ru/article/steam_vuln_3/ third party advisory exploit
https://habr.com/ru/company/pm/blog/469507/ third party advisory exploit
https://hackerone.com/reports/682774 third party advisory exploit
https://store.steampowered.com/news/54236/ release notes vendor advisory
https://hackerone.com/reports/583184

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2019-17180?
CVE-2019-17180 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2019-17180?
To fix CVE-2019-17180, 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-2019-17180 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2019-17180 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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