CVE-2019-15315: Valve Steam Client for Windows through 2019-08-16 allows privilege escalation (to NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM) because local users can replace the current versions of…

PriorityP336high7.8CVSS 3.0

AVLACLPRLUINSUCHIHAH

EPSS

0.39%

30.3th percentile

Valve Steam Client for Windows through 2019-08-16 allows privilege escalation (to NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM) because local users can replace the current versions of SteamService.exe and SteamService.dll with older versions that lack the CVE-2019-14743 patch.

Affected

1 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
valvesoftware	steam_client	<= 2019-08-16	—

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.07.8HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvdv2.07.2HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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