CVE-2020-27384 is an elevation of privileges vulnerability affecting the Guild Wars 2 launcher (Gw2-64.exe) version 106916. It stems from improper file permissions, granting 'Full Control' to the 'Everyone' group for the entire Guild Wars 2 directory, allowing an authenticated user to replace the executable with arbitrary code. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.8 (HIGH), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
106916CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:arena:guild_wars_2:106916:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 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.