The GalaxyClientService component of GOG Galaxy runs with...
High severity
Unreviewed
Published
May 24, 2022
to the GitHub Advisory Database
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Updated Jan 27, 2023
Description
Published by the National Vulnerability Database
Aug 6, 2020
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
May 24, 2022
Last updated
Jan 27, 2023
The GalaxyClientService component of GOG Galaxy runs with elevated SYSTEM privileges in a Windows environment. Due to the software shipping with embedded, static RSA private key, an attacker with this key material and local user permissions can effectively send any operating system command to the service for execution in this elevated context. The service listens for such commands on a locally-bound network port, localhost:9978. A Metasploit module has been published which exploits this vulnerability. This issue affects the 2.0.x branch of the software (2.0.12 and earlier) as well as the 1.2.x branch (1.2.64 and earlier). A fix was issued for the 2.0.x branch of the affected software.
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