# CVE-2022-31262: An exploitable local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in GOG Galaxy 2.0.46.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Published: 2022-08-17 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

## What to do

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## References

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

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