What is CVE-2018-6547?

CVE-2018-6547 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Plays.tv, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2018-04-13.

How severe is CVE-2018-6547?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Plays.tv

CVE-2018-6547

plays_service.exe in the plays.tv service before 1.27.7.0, as distributed in AMD driver-installation packages and Gaming Evolved products, contains an HTTP message parsing function that takes a user-defined path and writes non-user controlled data as SYSTEM to the file when the extract_files parameter is used. This occurs without properly authenticating the user.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

EPSS: 0.011 (61.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.1 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Plays.tv
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-287 — Improper Authentication

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-6547?: CVE-2018-6547 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Plays.tv, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2018-04-13.
How severe is CVE-2018-6547?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.