Overwolf before 0.149.2.30 mishandles Symbolic Links during updates, causing elevation of privileges.
Priority MEDIUM 43CWE-59Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Overwolf before 0.149.2.30 mishandles Symbolic Links during updates, causing elevation of privileges.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.02926 87th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-15932
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-w586-m4mc-5cg7
References
More Overwolf vulnerabilities
- TI-2021-12903 Overwolf Client 0.169.0.22 allows XSS, with resultant Remote Code Execution, via an overwolfstore:// URL. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.6
- TI-2020-15455 In the client in Overwolf 0.149.2.30, a channel can be accessed or influenced by an actor that is not an endpoint. CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
- TI-2024-07259 Local privilege escalation in Overwolf CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2021-03952 Uncontrolled search path in Overwolf The Installer of Overwolf CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
Sources
- CVE-2020-15932 · CVE Program
- CVE-2020-15932 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-w586-m4mc-5cg7 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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