CVE-2019-12828
HIGHEPSS 96th pctlDescription
An issue was discovered in Electronic Arts Origin before 10.5.39. Due to improper sanitization of the origin:// and origin2:// URI schemes, it is possible to inject additional arguments into the Origin process and ultimately leverage code execution by loading a backdoored Qt plugin remotely via the platformpluginpath argument supplied with a Windows network share.
CVSS v3 Vector
Exploitability
Impact
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploit Intelligence
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 96% of all known CVEs.
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153385/EA-Origin-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/qt5-based-gui-apps-susceptible-to-remote-code-execution/
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9vCx9KsF3c
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-19-574/
- https://zeropwn.github.io/2019-05-22-fun-with-uri-handlers/
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Start freeThis product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.