MEDIUMCVSS v3.1 5.0Vulnerability
CVE-2026-96542
Incorrect permission assignment (CWE-732) in the standalone installer for EA Javelin Anticheat (versions 1.0.14329371, 1.0.14547437, 1.0.14789537, and 1.0.14940698) on Windows allows a local non-administrative user to elevate privileges to NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM by modifying the EAAntiCheatService service configuration and executable path. This vulnerability requires non-standard manual execution of the standalone installer and does not affect standard game installations via the EA App and Steam. This issue is corrected in version 1.0.14940699 and later; service permissions automatically self-heal upon launching an integrated EA game title.
Properties
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- Nvd fetched at
- 2026-10-20T21:14:08.448323+00:00
- Epss score
- 0.00083
- Cvss score
- 5
- Cvss severity
- MEDIUM
- Retrieved at
- 2026-10-21T01:24:51+00:00
- Last source
- FIRST EPSS
- Score
- 5
- Cvss version
- 3.1
- Cve id
- CVE-2026-96542
- Cvss vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
- First seen by Signal
- 2026-10-18T13:39:03+00:00
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
- Published at
- 2026-10-16T21:21:02.040
- Last modified
- 2026-10-19T20:51:14.800
- Epss percentile
- 0.00219
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