Local code execution via CreateProcessW binary hijacking
Published Aug 19, 2022 · Updated Jun 27, 2025
Binary hijacking in Streamlabs Desktop 1.9.0 allows local users to execute arbitrary code by supplying a crafted executable. The obs64.exe launch passes an incompletely specified executable to CreateProcessW, allowing Windows search-order resolution to select the attacker-supplied file. A local low-privileged user must supply the file and induce victim interaction; successful execution runs the file in the victim's context.
Summary
What happened
Binary hijacking in Streamlabs Desktop 1.9.0 allows local users to execute arbitrary code by supplying a crafted executable. The obs64.exe launch passes an incompletely specified executable to CreateProcessW, allowing Windows search-order resolution to select the attacker-supplied file. A local low-privileged user must supply the file and induce victim interaction; successful execution runs the file in the victim's context.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-36263
- Published
- Aug 19, 2022
- Updated
- Jun 27, 2025
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-284, T1574.008
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Aug 19, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jun 27, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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