CVE-2022-31262

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

An exploitable local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in GOG Galaxy 2.0.46. Due to insufficient folder permissions, an attacker can hijack the %ProgramData%\GOG.com folder structure and change the GalaxyCommunication service executable to a malicious file, resulting in code execution as SYSTEM.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-281

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Aug 17, 2022
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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