VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2022-31262
An exploitable local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in GOG Galaxy 2.0.46.
HIGH 7.8EPSS 0.51%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.51%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
An exploitable local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in GOG Galaxy 2.0.46. Due to insufficient folder permissions, an attacker can hijack the %ProgramData%\GOG.com folder structure and change the GalaxyCommunication service executable to a malicious file, resulting in code execution as SYSTEM.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.51% probability · 42th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-281
- Affected
- gog/galaxy
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://github.com/secure-77/CVE-2022-31262Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://secure77.de/category/subjects/researches/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://secure77.de/gog-galaxy-cve-2022-31262/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bgdbx5TJShIExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/secure-77/CVE-2022-31262Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://secure77.de/category/subjects/researches/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://secure77.de/gog-galaxy-cve-2022-31262/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bgdbx5TJShIExploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.