CVE-2020-36603 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in the HoYoVerse Genshin Impact mhyprot2.sys anti-cheat driver. This flaw allows a local, unprivileged user to execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges on Microsoft Windows systems, provided the driver was initially installed by an administrator. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, requiring high privileges and user interaction, and leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
1.0.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:hoyoverse:mhyprot2:1.0.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.