An exploitable local privilege elevation vulnerability exists in the file system permissions of GOG Galaxy's install directory. An attacker can overwrite an executable that is launched as a system service on boot by default to exploit this vulnerability and execute arbitrary code with system privileges.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-15760 An exploitable local privilege elevation vulnerability exists in the file system permissions of GOG Galaxy's install directory. An attacker can overwrite an executable that is launched as a system service on boot by default to exploit this vulnerability and execute arbitrary code with system privileges.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: talos

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Updated: 2024-08-05T04:57:24.476Z

Reserved: 2018-01-02T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2018-3974

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Status : Modified

Published: 2019-04-02T16:29:00.327

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:06:24.953

Link: CVE-2018-3974

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