7.8
HIGH
CVE-2019-15511
GOG Galaxy GalaxyClientService Local Privilege Escalation
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.

INFO

Published Date :

Nov. 21, 2019, 6:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

July 21, 2021, 11:39 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2019-15511 has a 4 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2019-15511 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Gog galaxy
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2019-15511.

URL Resource
https://cqureacademy.com/cqure-labs/cqlabs-cve-2019-15511-broken-access-control-in-gog-galaxy Third Party Advisory Vendor Advisory
https://support.gog.com/hc/en-us/articles/360025458833-GOG-GALAXY-2-0-updates-and-known-issues Release Notes Vendor Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

None

Updated: 1 month, 2 weeks ago
34 stars 3 fork 3 watcher
Born at : March 12, 2021, 12:22 p.m. This repo has been linked 1063 different CVEs too.

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Updated: 2 months ago
19 stars 10 fork 10 watcher
Born at : Jan. 2, 2021, 10:19 p.m. This repo has been linked 1052 different CVEs too.

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Updated: 1 week, 1 day ago
83 stars 33 fork 33 watcher
Born at : Oct. 2, 2020, 2:49 p.m. This repo has been linked 1113 different CVEs too.

GOG Galaxy Exploit for CVE-2019-15511

Python

Updated: 3 months, 2 weeks ago
2 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Aug. 21, 2019, 1:52 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2019-15511 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2019-15511 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Jul. 21, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-269 CWE-306
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 03, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://cqureacademy.com/cqure-labs/cqlabs-cve-2019-15511-broken-access-control-in-gog-galaxy No Types Assigned https://cqureacademy.com/cqure-labs/cqlabs-cve-2019-15511-broken-access-control-in-gog-galaxy Third Party Advisory, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://support.gog.com/hc/en-us/articles/360025458833-GOG-GALAXY-2-0-updates-and-known-issues No Types Assigned https://support.gog.com/hc/en-us/articles/360025458833-GOG-GALAXY-2-0-updates-and-known-issues Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-269
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:gog:galaxy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.2.60 *cpe:2.3:a:gog:galaxy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2.0.0 up to (including) 2.0.8
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2019-15511 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.04 }} 0.00%

score

0.05635

percentile

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