EIP-2026-117261

PRE-CVE

Guild Wars 2 - Insecure Folder Permissions

Title source: legacy
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for EIP-2026-117261. PoCs published by George Tsimpidas.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit demonstrates a local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability in Guild Wars 2 due to insecure folder permissions, allowing a low-privileged user to replace the Gw2-64.exe binary with a malicious one to gain administrative privileges.

Description

Guild Wars 2 - Insecure Folder Permissions

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC
by George Tsimpidas · textlocalwindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48876

This exploit demonstrates a local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability in Guild Wars 2 due to insecure folder permissions, allowing a low-privileged user to replace the Gw2-64.exe binary with a malicious one to gain administrative privileges.

Classification
Working Poc 100%
Attack Type
Lpe
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Guild Wars 2 Launcher (Gw2-64.exe) Build 106915
Auth required
Prerequisites: Low-privileged user access · Guild Wars 2 installed with insecure permissions
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 18, 2026 Full analysis →

Details

Status pre_cve
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026