CVE-2020-13149

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2020-05-18 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-276

Description

Weak permissions on the "%PROGRAMDATA%\MSI\Dragon Center" folder in Dragon Center before 2.6.2003.2401, shipped with Micro-Star MSI Gaming laptops, allows local authenticated users to overwrite system files and gain escalated privileges. One attack method is to change the Recommended App binary within App.json. Another attack method is to use this part of %PROGRAMDATA% for mounting an RPC Control directory.

Affected products

MSI Dragon Center: before 2.6.2003.2401 — fixed in 2.6.2003.2401

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: MSI Dragon Center 2.6.2003.2401. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://github.com/rishaldwivedi/Public_Disclosure/blob/master/README.md#msi-dragon-center-eop
https://github.com/rishaldwivedi/Public_Disclosure/blob/master/README.md#msi-dragon-center-eop

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