CVE-2023-50914
GOG Galaxy Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Description
A Privilege Escalation issue in the inter-process communication procedure from GOG Galaxy (Beta) 2.0.67.2 through v2.0.71.2 allows authentictaed users to change the DACL of arbitrary system directories to include Everyone full control permissions by modifying the FixDirectoryPrivileges instruction parameters sent from GalaxyClient.exe to GalaxyClientService.exe.
INFO
Published Date :
April 30, 2024, 2:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
Aug. 1, 2024, 1:45 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
5.5
Exploitability Score :
1.2
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github
CVE-2023-50914 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit
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Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2023-50914
vulnerability.
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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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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).
Public release for the GOG Galaxy Research Security Advisory.
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CVE-2023-50914
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CVE Modified by 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Aug. 01, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CWE CISA-ADP CWE-279 Added CVSS V3.1 CISA-ADP AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Received by [email protected]
Apr. 30, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Description A Privilege Escalation issue in the inter-process communication procedure from GOG Galaxy (Beta) 2.0.67.2 through v2.0.71.2 allows authentictaed users to change the DACL of arbitrary system directories to include Everyone full control permissions by modifying the FixDirectoryPrivileges instruction parameters sent from GalaxyClient.exe to GalaxyClientService.exe. Added Reference MITRE https://www.positronsecurity.com/blog/2020-08-13-gog-galaxy_client-local-privilege-escalation_deuce/ [No types assigned] Added Reference MITRE https://support.gog.com/hc/en-us/categories/201553005-Downloads-Installing?product=gog [No types assigned] Added Reference MITRE https://github.com/anvilsecure/gog-galaxy-app-research [No types assigned] Added Reference MITRE https://github.com/anvilsecure/gog-galaxy-app-research/blob/main/advisories/CVE-2023-50914%20-%20LPE.md [No types assigned]
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2023-50914
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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
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approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2023-50914
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