# CVE-2019-12828: An issue was discovered in Electronic Arts Origin before 10.5.39.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB
- Published: 2019-06-14 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

An issue was discovered in Electronic Arts Origin before 10.5.39. Due to improper sanitization of the origin:// and origin2:// URI schemes, it is possible to inject additional arguments into the Origin process and ultimately leverage code execution by loading a backdoored Qt plugin remotely via the platformpluginpath argument supplied with a Windows network share.

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## References

- https://zeropwn.github.io/2019-05-22-fun-with-uri-handlers/
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9vCx9KsF3c
- https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/qt5-based-gui-apps-susceptible-to-remote-code-execution/
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-19-574/
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153385/EA-Origin-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/47019

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