CVE-2020-27384

HIGH 7.8CVE-2020-27384 · Published 09/06/2021 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2020-27384 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability affecting guild wars 2 (arena).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.32%, higher than 25.1% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
guild wars 2 arena	`= 106916`	No fix yet

Description

The Gw2-64.exe in Guild Wars 2 launcher version 106916 suffers from an elevation of privileges vulnerability which can be used by an "Authenticated User" to modify the existing executable file with a binary of his choice. The vulnerability exist due to the improper permissions, with the 'F' flag (Full Control) for 'Everyone' group, making the entire directory 'Guild Wars 2' and its files and sub-dirs world-writable.

References

FreySolarEye/CVE · Exploit

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