Vulnerability · Published Aug 17, 2022 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2022-31262
High 7.8
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in the affected software. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 44% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code.
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 56.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack tooling1Public PoC
Official 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.
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://secure77.de/category/subjects/researches/ x_refsource_MISC
- https://secure77.de/gog-galaxy-cve-2022-31262/ x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/secure-77/CVE-2022-31262 x_refsource_MISC
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bgdbx5TJShI x_refsource_MISC