VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2020-11827

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability0.34%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2020-07-14
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

In GOG Galaxy 1.2.67, there is a service that is vulnerable to weak file/service permissions: GalaxyClientService.exe. An attacker can put malicious code in a Trojan horse GalaxyClientService.exe. After that, the attacker can re-start this service as an unprivileged user to escalate his/her privileges and run commands on the machine with SYSTEM rights.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-732

Primary references