In GOG Galaxy 1.2.67, there is a service that is vulnerable to weak file/service permissions: GalaxyClientService.exe. An attacker can put malicious code in a Trojan horse GalaxyClientService.exe. After that, the attacker can re-start this service as an unprivileged user to escalate his/her privileges and run commands on the machine with SYSTEM rights.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2020-07-14
An exploitable local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the GalaxyClientService installed by GOG Galaxy. Due to Improper Access Control, an attacker can send unauthenticated local TCP packets to the service to gain SYSTEM privileges in Windows system where GOG Galaxy software is installed. All GOG Galaxy versions before 1.2.60 and all corresponding versions of GOG Galaxy 2.0 Beta are affected.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.005
Published
2019-11-21
An exploitable local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the privileged helper tool of GOG Galaxy's Games, version 1.2.47 for macOS. An attacker can globally create directories and subdirectories on the root file system, as well as change the permissions of existing directories.
CVSS Score
7.1
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2019-04-02
An exploitable local information leak vulnerability exists in the privileged helper tool of GOG Galaxy's Games, version 1.2.47 for macOS. An attacker can pass a PID and receive information running on it that would usually only be accessible to the root user.
CVSS Score
6.2
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2019-04-02
An exploitable local denial-of-service vulnerability exists in the privileged helper tool of GOG Galaxy's Games, version 1.2.47 for macOS. An attacker can send malicious data to the root-listening service, causing the application to terminate and become unavailable.
CVSS Score
6.2
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2019-04-02
An exploitable local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the privileged helper tool of GOG Galaxy's Games, version 1.2.47 for macOS. An attacker can globally adjust folder permissions leading to execution of arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
CVSS Score
7.1
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2019-04-01