CVE-2019-15511
HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: November 21, 2019 at 05:47 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:20 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorGalaxy
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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.7%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (2)
x_refsource_MISCThird Party AdvisoryVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://cqureacademy.com/cqure-labs/cqlabs-cve-2019-15511-broken-access-control-in-gog-galaxyx_refsource_MISCRelease NotesVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://support.gog.com/hc/en-us/articles/360025458833-GOG-GALAXY-2-0-updates-and-known-issuesCVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-306
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