CVE-2014-5453 — Ubisoft Uplay PC before 4.6.1.3217 use weak permissions (Everyone: Full Control) for the program installation directory (%PROGRAMFILES%\Ubisoft Game Launcher), which allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse file

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HIGH

Ubisoft Uplay PC before 4.6.1.3217 use weak permissions (Everyone: Full Control) for the program installation directory (%PROGRAMFILES%\Ubisoft Game Launcher), which allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse file

Published Aug 25, 2014

7.2

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.03%

Description

Ubisoft Uplay PC before 4.6.1.3217 use weak permissions (Everyone: Full Control) for the program installation directory (%PROGRAMFILES%\Ubisoft Game Launcher), which allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse file.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.03% 0.01035

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.01035

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (11 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.03% (0.01035)	62.56th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.03% (0.01035)	59.25th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.52% (0.00515)	64.56th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.06% (0.00061)	27.92th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
May 15, 2024	0.04% (0.00044)	12.45th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.04% (0.00044)	10.44th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.06% (0.00061)	23.77th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.83% (0.01832)	77.15th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 23, 2023	1.83% (0.01832)	77.10th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.83% (0.01832)	75.09th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.83% (0.01832)	54.44th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-264

References (3)

http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/108726
vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/33961
exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
http://www.zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2014-5191.php
x_refsource_MISC

Link	Providers	Tags
http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/108726		vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/33961		exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
http://www.zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2014-5191.php		x_refsource_MISC

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Aug 25, 2014

Updated Sep 17, 2024

Reserved Aug 25, 2014

Link CVE-2014-5453

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2014-5453

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2014-5453