Vulnerabilities > CVE-2018-4048 - Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere vulnerability in GOG Galaxy 1.2.48.36
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
LOW Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
HIGH Summary
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.
Vulnerable Configurations
Part | Description | Count |
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Application | 1 |
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Talos
id | TALOS-2018-0722 |
last seen | 2019-06-01 |
published | 2019-03-26 |
reporter | Talos Intelligence |
source | http://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0722 |
title | GOG Galaxy updater temp directory insecure file permissions local privilege elevation vulnerability |