CVE-2014-5453

Exp

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: 2014-08-25 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-5453 is rated High Exploit Risk (70.9/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.07%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2014-5453

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
33961 exploit_db edb 2014-07-03 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-5453

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-04-10 1.15% 1.07% -0.08%
2 2026-01-23 0.57% 1.15% +0.58%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.57% —

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-5453

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.2 2.0 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 3.9 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-5453

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-5453

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
ubi uplay_pc <= 4.6.3208 cpe:2.3:a:ubi:uplay_pc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ubi uplay_pc 4.5.2.3010 cpe:2.3:a:ubi:uplay_pc:4.5.2.3010:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-5453

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