CVE-2020-11827

CVSS V2 High 7.2 CVSS V3 High 7.8
Description
In GOG Galaxy 1.2.67, there is a service that is vulnerable to weak file/service permissions: GalaxyClientService.exe. An attacker can put malicious code in a Trojan horse GalaxyClientService.exe. After that, the attacker can re-start this service as an unprivileged user to escalate his/her privileges and run commands on the machine with SYSTEM rights.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2020-11827
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2020-07-14T18:15:14
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2021-07-21T11:39:23
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 OR 1.2.67
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
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/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://www.gog.com/galaxy Product Vendor Advisory
https://fatihhcelik.blogspot.com/2020/04/gog-galaxy-desktop-app-local-privilege.html Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-11827
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-11827
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 07:01:35 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-04 19:27:12 2020-07-14T18:15Z 2020-07-14T18:15:14 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-04 19:27:12 2021-07-21T11:39:23 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-04 19:27:12 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated