CVEvulnerability

CVE-2019-14743

6.6 MEDIUM Published 2019-08-07 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2019-08-07
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
6.6 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-732

Description

In Valve Steam Client for Windows through 2019-08-07, HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Valve\Steam has explicit "Full control" for the Users group, which allows local users to gain NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM access.

Affected configurations

• valvesoftware steam client (<= 2019-08-07)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource weakness

References