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Unscored Public exploit CVE-2020-12242 EUVD-2020-4557GHSA-wmwr-9cj7-xrgf

Valve Source allows local users to gain privileges by writing to the /tmp/hl2_relaunch file, which is later executed in the context of a di…

Published Apr 27, 2020 · Updated Aug 4, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Description

Valve Source allows local users to gain privileges by writing to the /tmp/hl2_relaunch file, which is later executed in the context of a different user account.

Public exploits

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Exploit-DB 1

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