CVE-2018-4049 (GCVE-0-2018-4049)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2019-04-02 15:35
Modified
2024-08-05 05:04
Severity ?
9.3 (Critical) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • local privilege elevation
Summary
An exploitable local privilege elevation vulnerability exists in the file system permissions of GOG Galaxy's “Games” directory, version 1.2.48.36 (Windows 64-bit Installer). An attacker can overwrite executables of installed games to exploit this vulnerability and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
References
talos-cna@cisco.comhttps://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0723Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0723Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
GOG.COM GOG Galaxy Version: Gog Galaxy 1.2.48.36 (Windows 64-bit Installer)
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