CVEvulnerability
CVE-2021-47852
8.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Deferred
- Published
- 2026-01-21
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 4.0 ([email protected])
- 8.5 HIGH — CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-276
Description
Rockstar Games Launcher 1.0.37.349 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability that allows authenticated users to modify the service executable with weak permissions. Attackers can replace the RockstarService.exe with a malicious binary to create a new administrator user and gain elevated system access.
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-276 Incorrect Default Permissions weakness
References
- https://socialclub.rockstargames.com/rockstar-games-launcher socialclub.rockstargames.com
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/49739 www.exploit-db.com
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/rockstar-service-insecure-file-permissions www.vulncheck.com