CVE-2020-8950

The AUEPLauncher service in Radeon AMD User Experience Program Launcher through 1.0.0.1 on Windows allows elevation of privilege by placing a crafted file in %PROGRAMDATA%\AMD\PPC\upload and then creating a symbolic link in %PROGRAMDATA%\AMD\PPC\temp that points to an arbitrary folder with an arbitrary file name.

• CWE-59

• https://heynowyouseeme.blogspot.com/2020/02/another-privilege-escalation-filewrite.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
• https://heynowyouseeme.blogspot.com/2020/02/privilege-escalation-filewrite-eop-in.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
• https://heynowyouseeme.blogspot.com/2020/02/another-privilege-escalation-filewrite.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
• https://heynowyouseeme.blogspot.com/2020/02/privilege-escalation-filewrite-eop-in.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory

Published

Feb 12, 2020

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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