An exploitable local privilege elevation vulnerability exists in the file system permissions of GOG Galaxy's “Games” directory, version 1.2.48.36 (Windows 64-bit Installer). An attacker can overwrite executables of installed games to exploit this vulnerability and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-15835 An exploitable local privilege elevation vulnerability exists in the file system permissions of GOG Galaxy's “Games” directory, version 1.2.48.36 (Windows 64-bit Installer). An attacker can overwrite executables of installed games to exploit this vulnerability and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: talos

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Updated: 2024-08-05T05:04:29.492Z

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

Link: CVE-2018-4049

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Status : Modified

Published: 2019-04-02T16:29:00.387

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:06:37.773

Link: CVE-2018-4049

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