Local privilege escalation vulnerability in Valve Steam Client - CVE-2019-15316| ID: oval:org.secpod.oval:def:58211 | Date: (C)2019-08-30 (M)2023-10-19 |
| Class: VULNERABILITY | Family: windows |
The host is installed with Valve Steam Client through 2019-08-12 and is prone to a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A flaw is present in the application, which fails to handle the access issue in NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM. Successful exploitation could allow attackers to perform privilege escalation (to NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM) via crafted use of CreateMountPoint.exe and SetOpLock.exe to leverage a TOCTOU race condition.
| Platform: |
| Microsoft Windows 7 |
| Microsoft Windows 2000 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 |
| Microsoft Windows 8 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 |
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 |
| Microsoft Windows 10 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2016 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2019 |
| Microsoft Windows 11 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2022 |
| Product: |
| Valve Steam Client |
