CVE-2022-31262
HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: August 17, 2022 at 02:37 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:45 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorGalaxy
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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (4)
x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/secure-77/CVE-2022-31262x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://secure77.de/category/subjects/researches/x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://secure77.de/gog-galaxy-cve-2022-31262/x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bgdbx5TJShICVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-281
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