CVE-2024-7834

HIGH

Overwolf < 250.1.1 - Local Privilege Escalation via DLL Hijacking

Title source: llm

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.

References (1)

Core 1

Core References

Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory

https://www.cirosec.de/sa/sa-2024-004

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8

EPSS 0.0030

EPSS Percentile 21.5%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Details

CWE

CWE-427

Status published

Products (1)

overwolf/overwolf < 250.1.1

Published Sep 04, 2024

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026