Vulnerability CVE-2014-5453
Published: 2014-08-25

Description:
Ubisoft Uplay PC before 4.6.1.3217 use weak permissions (Everyone: Full Control) for the program installation directory (%PROGRAMFILES%\Ubisoft Game Launcher), which allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse file.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
Med.
Ubisoft Uplay 4.6 Insecure File Permissions Local Privilege Escalation
Gjoko 'Liqu...
03.07.2014

Type:

CWE-264

 (Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls)

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.2/10
10/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
UBI -> Uplay pc 

 References:
http://www.zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2014-5191.php
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/33961
http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/108726
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