Уязвимости и инциденты безопасности Steam

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В данный кластер входят документы, описывающие конкретные технические бреши в защите или атаки на пользователей платформы Steam.

Общие признаки: платформа Steam, уязвимости безопасности, реакция компании Valve, кража данных и предметов

Группа выше: Взломы и инциденты конкретных сервисов

Материалы

• #5509 — Steam Windows Client Local Privilege Escalation Analysis — Представитель этого кластера

  Steam Windows Client Local Privilege Escalation 0day — xi-tauw

  Смысл: The text describes the discovery and disclosure of a critical privilege escalation vulnerability in the Steam Windows client, while critiquing Valve's initial refusal to acknowledge the flaw and the bureaucratic hurdles of the HackerOne platform.

  A researcher discovered a Steam vulnerability allowing full system takeover via registry symbolic links and describes the subsequent struggle to get Valve to acknowledge and fix it.

• #28749 — Analysis of Steam Inventory Stealing Trojan

  Троян, ворующий предметы из инвентаря Steam — akaluth

  Смысл: The text describes a specific Trojan targeting Steam users to steal valuable in-game items. It explains the infection vector, analyzes the underlying C# code, and criticizes Valve's slow response to the vulnerability.

  A technical breakdown of a C#-based Trojan that steals Steam items by hijacking session cookies via fake screenshot links.

• #27164 — The 2011 Steam Data Breach Analysis

  Steam взломан — splatt

  Смысл: The text reports on a 2011 security breach of the Steam platform and forums, detailing the types of leaked data and Valve's official response to the incident.

  In November 2011, Steam suffered a data breach exposing user details and encrypted passwords, prompting Valve to mandate forum password resets.