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CVE-2020-1885

• 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: none known
• Published: 2020-04-08 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-59

Description

Writing to an unprivileged file from a privileged OVRRedir.exe process in Oculus Desktop before 1.44.0.32849 on Windows allows local users to write to arbitrary files and consequently gain privileges via vectors involving a hard link to a log file.

Affected products

• Facebook Oculus Desktop: before 1.44.0.32849 — fixed in 1.44.0.32849

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Facebook Oculus Desktop 1.44.0.32849. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://www.facebook.com/security/advisories/cve-2020-1885
• https://www.facebook.com/security/advisories/cve-2020-1885

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