Toni Dimaano Games 01.23.2023 22:Jan PM EST

Bug Exploits Grand Theft Auto Online, Corrupts PC Players' Accounts

Players of GTA Online have reported disruptive hacks on their accounts, which could be the next security issue for Rockstar Games.

According to Gizmodo, a glitch in Grand Theft Auto V Online is endangering PC players' gameplay and possibly even their hardware.

The Bug Allows Cheaters To Hijack Information

Players of Grand Theft Auto (GTA) Online have complained of lost game progress, stolen in-game currency, and server bans as a result of a claimed PC version of the game's vulnerability.

Rockstar Games' GTA Online is the multiplayer version of their well-known action-adventure game franchise. It was first published in October 2013 and receives free content updates.

The creator of the 'North' Grand Theft Auto V cheat exploited a new "remote code execution" vulnerability in the PC game client to remotely change player account attributes, corrupt accounts, and even ban users from the game.

Anyone who is online is vulnerable to attacks since, according to user reports, the exploit affects players who are not in the same multiplayer lobby as the attackers.

The North GTA Online hack maker installed these new functions on January 20, as part of its 2.0.0 version, according to a changelog seen by Bleeping Computer.

The CVE number for this purported vulnerability is CVE-2023-24059, and it is being tracked by developers as of the moment.

The creator of the North GTA Online trick apologized for the chaos it had caused and disabled these abusive features on January 21.

However, despite the reversal, the step was unfortunately too late because the vulnerability has already affected many gamers at that point.

Over the weekend, reports of the issues first appeared in various online communities, with one particular observer writing extensively about the exploit.

The Bug Makes It Unsafe To Play On A PC

Despite the fact that Rockstar Games has not yet made an official statement regarding the issue, developers and experts in the field assert that the vulnerability is a "partial remote code execution" flaw.

With that, the security of the machine running the game could also be compromised, in addition to GTA Online accounts.

Deleting the "Rockstar Games" folder from the Windows Documents folder and then reloading the game to update profile data appears to have helped some gamers with corrupted accounts.

A complete remote code execution pathway for the recently discovered exploits is about to be discovered, according to Speyedr, the creator of the GTA V firewall tool "Guardian."

However, Speyer cautioned that Guardian must be set up properly in order to defend players against the attack, and he suggests Windows users refrain from playing the game until the flaw has been rectified.

However, according to Speyedr, the likelihood of any user configuring Guardian in a manner that does not safeguard them is too high for such a risky attack.

It would be prudent to postpone starting the game on PC until Rockstar Games has released an official patch for the problems, especially if users have made a lot of progress or invested a lot of money in it, Bleeping Computer says.