CVE-2018-6546: Plays.tv

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 17.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Plays.tv Plays.tv: before 1.27.7.0 (fixed in 1.27.7.0)

Published 2018-04-13. Last modified 2026-06-17.