High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Sep 4, 2024· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2024-7834
CVE-2024-7834
Description
A local privilege escalation is caused by Overwolf loading and executing certain dynamic link library files from a user-writeable folder in SYSTEM context on launch. This allows an attacker with unprivileged access to the system to run arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges by placing a malicious .dll file in the respective location.
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References
1- www.cirosec.de/sa/sa-2024-004nvdThird Party Advisory
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