CVE-2022-31262

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    CVE-2022-31262

    Published: 17 Aug 2022Last Modified: 11 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: , https://github.com/secure-77/CVE-2022-31262, https://secure77.de/category/subjects/researches/, https://secure77.de/gog-galaxy-cve-2022-31262/, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bgdbx5TJShI

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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