Of course, the payload could easily be changed for something nastier.įortunately, Andzakovic believes in responsible disclosure and informed House House – the Australian developers of “Untitled Goose Game” – of the issue in October, and patches for the game have now been rolled out. Not that such an fan is likely to have much of value on their infected computer, as they will be spending on their time pretending to be an anti-social goose rather than getting any work done…Īs a proof-of-concept, the researcher was able to create a boobytrapped save file for the game which, when loaded, ran Windows Calculator. Such a technique could be used to plant other malware or spyware onto the computer of an fan of “Untitled Goose Game”. Untitled Goose Game is listed at 19.99, but you can buy it for 14.99 from Epic and Nintendo eShop.
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Security researcher Denis Andzakovic of Pulse Security found a remote code execution vulnerability in “Untitled Goose Game” that could be exploited by hackers.Īccording to Andzakovic, if an attacker was able to trick a game player into loading a poisoned save file for the game, the vulnerability could be leveraged to execute malicious code. Now, with details published of a vulnerability in the way the game reads its save files, “viral” might almost take on a different meaning. “Untitled Goose Game”, which allows players to take control of a truly horrendous goose terrorising an unsuspecting village, is considered by some to be the one of the year’s most fun indie video games and is available for Windows, MacOS and Nintendo Switch.Īnd as word spread of just how much fun it was possible to have making a mischief of yourself honking at an elderly man in his garden and almost giving him a heart attack, the game quickly became a viral sensation.
The highly popular “Untitled Goose Game” has been found to be vulnerable to an attack that could allow hackers to run malicious code on your computer.
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