CVE-2018-4048

HIGH

GOG Galaxy 1.2.48.36 - Local Privilege Escalation via Temp Directory File Overwrite

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

An exploitable local privilege elevation vulnerability exists in the file system permissions of the `Temp` directory in GOG Galaxy 1.2.48.36 (Windows 64-bit Installer). An attacker can overwrite executables of the Desktop Galaxy Updater to exploit this vulnerability and execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0722

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0060
EPSS Percentile 43.9%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-668
Status published
Products (1)
gog/galaxy 1.2.48.36
Published May 30, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026