An issue was discovered in Electronic Arts Origin before 10.5.39. Due to improper sanitization of the origin:// and origin2:// URI schemes, it is possible to inject additional arguments into the Origin process and ultimately leverage code execution by loading a backdoored Qt plugin remotely via the platformpluginpath argument supplied with a Windows network share.
CVE-2019-12828
Score 8.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2022-05-24. NVD baseline CVSS 8.8; sources differ by 0.0.
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 8.8
- EG Score
- 8.8(medium)
- EPSS
- 96.0%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
June 14, 2019
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
References (10)
- cve@mitrehttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153385/EA-Origin-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- cve@mitrehttps://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/qt5-based-gui-apps-susceptible-to-remote-code-execution/
- cve@mitrehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9vCx9KsF3c
- cve@mitrehttps://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-19-574/
- cve@mitrehttps://zeropwn.github.io/2019-05-22-fun-with-uri-handlers/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153385/EA-Origin-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/qt5-based-gui-apps-susceptible-to-remote-code-execution/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9vCx9KsF3c
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-19-574/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://zeropwn.github.io/2019-05-22-fun-with-uri-handlers/
Weakness Classification(1)
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Publicly available exploits
(1 reference)Working exploit code is in the public domain (1 Exploit-DB entry). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.
- Exploit-DBEDB-47019First seen Jun 21, 2019
EA Origin < 10.5.38 - Remote Code Execution
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