An exploitable local privilege elevation vulnerability exists in the file system permissions of GOG Galaxy's “Games” directory, version 1.2.48.36 (Windows 64-bit Installer). An attacker can overwrite executables of installed games to exploit this vulnerability and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
Published 2019-04-02 16:29:00
Updated 2022-06-07 17:19:00
Source Talos
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Vulnerability category: Execute code

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2018-4049

0.04%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 10 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2018-4049

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
7.2
HIGH AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
3.9
10.0
NIST
9.3
CRITICAL CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
2.5
6.0
Talos
7.8
HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
1.8
5.9
NIST

CWE ids for CVE-2018-4049

References for CVE-2018-4049

Products affected by CVE-2018-4049

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