{"id":"CVE-2018-6546","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-6546","generatedAt":"2026-10-29T00:34:10.909Z","title":"plays_service.exe in the plays.tv service before 1.27.7.0, as distributed in AMD driver-installation packages and Gaming Evolved products, executes code at a user-defined (local or SMB) path as SYSTEM when the execute_installer parameter is used in an…","description":"plays_service.exe in the plays.tv service before 1.27.7.0, as distributed in AMD driver-installation packages and Gaming Evolved products, executes code at a user-defined (local or SMB) path as SYSTEM when the execute_installer parameter is used in an HTTP message. This occurs without properly authenticating the user.","published":"2018-04-13T16:29:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:02:00.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-287"],"affected":["plays.tv/plays.tv"],"epss":{"score":0.17172,"percentile":0.97076,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[{"date":"2026-09-21","score":0.1054,"percentile":0.95628},{"date":"2026-09-22","score":0.17172,"percentile":0.9695}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":false,"firstPublished":"2018-04-15","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":44476,"kind":"exploit","title":"AMD Plays.tv 1.27.5.0 - 'plays_service.exe' Arbitrary File Execution","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44476","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/windows/local/44476.py","file":"exploits/windows/local/44476.py","published":"2018-04-15","added":"2018-04-17","updated":"2018-04-17","author":"Securifera","type":"local","platform":"windows","port":null,"verified":false,"codes":["CVE-2018-6546"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":"https://github.com/securifera/CVE-2018-6546-Exploit/blob/675265122a17dbe6cdef7eb86f2714332170ca13/plays_service_poc.py"}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 17.2%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[{"kind":"epss","label":"EPSS jump","at":"2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z","detail":{"to":0.17172,"from":0.1054,"percentile":0.9695},"summary":"EPSS moved from 10.5% to 17.2% probability of exploitation in the next thirty days."}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/securifera/CVE-2018-6546-Exploit/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44476/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.securifera.com/advisories/CVE-2018-6546/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/securifera/CVE-2018-6546-Exploit/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44476/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.securifera.com/advisories/CVE-2018-6546/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6546","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}