CVE-2018-6547: Plays.tv

Critical severity, CVSS 9.1. EPSS: 1% 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, contains an HTTP message parsing function that takes a user-defined path and writes non-user controlled data as SYSTEM to the file when the extract_files parameter is used. 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.