CVE-2019-15511

Description

An exploitable local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the GalaxyClientService installed by GOG Galaxy. Due to Improper Access Control, an attacker can send unauthenticated local TCP packets to the service to gain SYSTEM privileges in Windows system where GOG Galaxy software is installed. All GOG Galaxy versions before 1.2.60 and all corresponding versions of GOG Galaxy 2.0 Beta are affected.

Category

7.8
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.53%
Vendor Advisory cqureacademy.com Vendor Advisory gog.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://support.gog.com/hc/en-us/articles/360025458833-GOG-GALAXY-2-0-updates-and-known-issues release notes vendor advisory
https://cqureacademy.com/cqure-labs/cqlabs-cve-2019-15511-broken-access-control-in-gog-galaxy third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2019-15511?
CVE-2019-15511 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2019-15511?
To fix CVE-2019-15511, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2019-15511 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2019-15511 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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