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High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published May 30, 2019· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2018-4048

CVE-2018-4048

Description

An exploitable local privilege elevation vulnerability exists in the file system permissions of the Temp directory in GOG Galaxy 1.2.48.36 (Windows 64-bit Installer). An attacker can overwrite executables of the Desktop Galaxy Updater to exploit this vulnerability and execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges.

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Affected products

3
  • Gog.com/Galaxy2 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:gog:galaxy:1.2.48.36:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:gog:galaxy:1.2.48.36:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: 1.2.48.36
  • Talos/Gog Galaxyv5
    Range: Gog Galaxy 1.2.48.36 (Windows 64-bit Installer)

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