SB2019061407 - Data Handling in Origin Client
Published: June 14, 2019 Updated: July 17, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2019061407
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Data Handling (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-12828)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
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.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
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/