Activision has pulled the PC Game Pass version of Call of Duty: WW2 offline while it investigates an unspecified “issue” some reports claim is a remote code execution exploit that’s left some players grappling with app pop-ups, PC shut downs, and even screens full of pornography.
Call of Duty: WW2 made its PC Game Pass debut at the end of June, but the celebrations were short-lived. The shooter has now been taken offline, affecting both the Game Pass and the PC Microsoft Store release, but not those available elsewhere, including Steam and Battle.net.
As to why this has happened, Activision’s official response is vague, only saying the game was “brought offline while we investigate reports of an issue”. However, there’s evidence from the community that the newly released version of Call of Duty: WW2 may be vulnerable to remote code execution exploits, enabling an attacker to run malicious code on a player’s PC.
Call of Duty streamer Wrioh, for instance, posted to social media with claims of being “hacked”. An accompanying video showed their gaming session being interrupted by a pop-up text window proclaiming to have “just RCE’d your ass”, before it’s revealed Wrioh’s desktop wallpaper has been changed to an image of a beaming lawyer.