CVE-2023-31462

high

Description

An issue was discovered in SteelSeries GG 36.0.0. An attacker can change values in an unencrypted database that is writable for all users on the computer, in order to trigger code execution with higher privileges.

References

https://www.akamai.com/blog/security-research/exploit-steelseries-subapp-privilege-escalation

https://steelseries.com/gg

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2023-07-20

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.01219