CVE-2018-6547 describes a critical vulnerability in the plays_service.exe component of plays.tv, affecting versions before 1.27.7.0, often bundled with AMD driver-installation packages and Gaming Evolved products. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to write non-user controlled data as SYSTEM to a file by manipulating the 'extract_files' parameter in an HTTP message parsing function. With a CVSS score of 9.1 (CRITICAL), the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low complexity, leading to high impact on integrity and availability without requiring user interaction or privileges. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.27.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:plays.tv:plays.tv:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.