CVE-2022-31262 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2022-08-17

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:gog:galaxy:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-52838	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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00983.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/secure-77/CVE-2022-31262
https://secure77.de/category/subjects/researches/
https://secure77.de/gog-galaxy-cve-2022-31262/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bgdbx5TJShI

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Gog Galaxy

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2022-08-17T14:37:42.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-03T07:11:39.895Z

Reserved: 2022-05-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-31262

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-08-17T15:15:08.307

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:04:15.040

Link: CVE-2022-31262

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-281

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