Epic Games Launcher is a shareware desktop tool that allows you to buy and download games and other products from Epic Games. Through this program, you can get games like Fortnite, Unreal Tournament, Shadow Complex, and Paragon. Also, you can download tools like Unreal Engine and ARK Dev Kit. The program includes a social feature that allows you to add friends, change your status, and more.
The Epic Games Launcher suffers from an elevation of privileges vulnerability which can be used by a simple authenticated user that can change the executable file with a binary of choice. The vulnerability exist due to the improper permissions, with the 'F' flag (Full) for 'Users' group.