CVE-2018-4048

HIGH

GOG Galaxy - Exposure to Wrong Actor

Title source: rule

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.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0005
EPSS Percentile 16.5%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Classification

CWE
CWE-668
Status published

Affected Products (1)

gog/galaxy

Timeline

Published May 30, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026