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Description

Rockstar Games Launcher 1.0.37.349 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability that allows authenticated users to modify the service executable with weak permissions. Attackers can replace the RockstarService.exe with a malicious binary to create a new administrator user and gain elevated system access.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-01-14 | Published 2026-01-21 | Updated 2026-01-22 | Assigner VulnCheck




HIGH: 8.5CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
HIGH: 8.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem types

Incorrect Default Permissions

Product status

1.0.37.349
affected

Credits

George Tsimpidas finder

References

www.exploit-db.com/exploits/49739 (ExploitDB-49739) exploit

socialclub.rockstargames.com/rockstar-games-launcher (Rockstar Games Launcher Official Site) product

www.vulncheck.com/...kstar-service-insecure-file-permissions (VulnCheck Advisory: Rockstar Service - Insecure File Permissions) third-party-advisory

cve.org (CVE-2021-47852)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2021-47852)

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