CVE-2018-3974

CVSS V2 High 7.2 CVSS V3 High 7.8

Description

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.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2018-3974

Assigner
talos-cna@cisco.com

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2019-04-02T16:29:00

Last Modified Date
2023-02-02T13:36:29

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-732	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/732.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:gog:galaxy:1.2.45.61:::::::*	1	OR

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector
LOCAL

Access Compatibility
LOW

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE

Integrity Impact
COMPLETE

Availability Impact
COMPLETE

Base Score
7.2

Severity
HIGH

Exploitability Score
3.9

Impact Score
10

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.0

Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
LOW

User Interaction
NONE

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
HIGH

Availability Impact
HIGH

Base Score
7.8

Base Severity
HIGH

Exploitability Score
1.8

Impact Score
5.9

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0640	Third Party Advisory

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-3974
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-3974

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-04-20 17:01:22				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 18:56:14	2019-04-02T16:29Z	2019-04-02T16:29:00	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-03 18:56:14		2022-04-19T18:15:30	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-03 18:56:14		Undergoing Analysis	Vulnerability Status	updated
2023-02-02 15:08:25		2023-02-02T13:36:29	CVE Modified Date	updated
2023-02-02 15:08:25	Undergoing Analysis	Analyzed	Vulnerability Status	updated