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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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Affected products

3
  • Overwolf/Overwolf3 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:overwolf:overwolf:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:overwolf:overwolf:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <250.1.1
    • (no CPE)
    • (no CPE)range: 0

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