CVEvulnerability
CVE-2020-36603
6.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2022-09-14
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 6.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
- 6.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-269
Description
The HoYoVerse (formerly miHoYo) Genshin Impact mhyprot2.sys 1.0.0.0 anti-cheat driver does not adequately restrict unprivileged function calls, allowing local, unprivileged users to execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges on Microsoft Windows systems. The mhyprot2.sys driver must first be installed by a user with administrative privileges.
Affected configurations
• hoyoverse mhyprot2 1.0.0.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management weakness
References
- https://github.com/kagurazakasanae/Mhyprot2DrvControl Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/kkent030315/evil-mhyprot-cli Third Party Advisory
- https://web.archive.org/web/20211204031301/https://www.godeye.club/2021/05/20/001-disclosure-mhyprot.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/22/h/ransomware-actor-abuses-genshin-impact-anti-cheat-driver-to-kill-antivirus.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3p35w/hackers-are-using-anti-cheat-in-genshin-impact-to-ransom-victims Exploit, Press/Media Coverage, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/kagurazakasanae/Mhyprot2DrvControl Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/kkent030315/evil-mhyprot-cli Third Party Advisory
- https://web.archive.org/web/20211204031301/https://www.godeye.club/2021/05/20/001-disclosure-mhyprot.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/22/h/ransomware-actor-abuses-genshin-impact-anti-cheat-driver-to-kill-antivirus.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3p35w/hackers-are-using-anti-cheat-in-genshin-impact-to-ransom-victims Exploit, Press/Media Coverage, Third Party Advisory