{ "CVE_data_meta": { "ASSIGNER": "cve@mitre.org", "ID": "CVE-2020-24574", "STATE": "PUBLIC" }, "affects": { "vendor": { "vendor_data": [ { "product": { "product_data": [ { "product_name": "n/a", "version": { "version_data": [ { "version_value": "n/a" } ] } } ] }, "vendor_name": "n/a" } ] } }, "data_format": "MITRE", "data_type": "CVE", "data_version": "4.0", "description": { "description_data": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "The client (aka GalaxyClientService.exe) in GOG GALAXY through 2.0.41 (as of 12:58 AM Eastern, 9/26/21) allows local privilege escalation from any authenticated user to SYSTEM by instructing the Windows service to execute arbitrary commands. This occurs because the attacker can inject a DLL into GalaxyClient.exe, defeating the TCP-based \"trusted client\" protection mechanism." } ] }, "problemtype": { "problemtype_data": [ { "description": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "n/a" } ] } ] }, "references": { "reference_data": [ { "url": "https://www.gog.com/galaxy", "refsource": "MISC", "name": "https://www.gog.com/galaxy" }, { "url": "https://www.positronsecurity.com/blog/2020-08-13-gog-galaxy_client-local-privilege-escalation_deuce/", "refsource": "MISC", "name": "https://www.positronsecurity.com/blog/2020-08-13-gog-galaxy_client-local-privilege-escalation_deuce/" }, { "url": "https://github.com/jtesta/gog_galaxy_client_service_poc", "refsource": "MISC", "name": "https://github.com/jtesta/gog_galaxy_client_service_poc" }, { "refsource": "MISC", "name": "https://github.com/jtesta/gog_galaxy_client_service_poc/issues/1#issuecomment-926932218", "url": "https://github.com/jtesta/gog_galaxy_client_service_poc/issues/1#issuecomment-926932218" } ] } }