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High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Apr 2, 2019· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2018-4049

CVE-2018-4049

Description

An exploitable local privilege elevation vulnerability exists in the file system permissions of GOG Galaxy's “Games” directory, version 1.2.48.36 (Windows 64-bit Installer). An attacker can overwrite executables of installed games to exploit this vulnerability and execute arbitrary code with elevated 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: Gog Galaxy 1.2.48.36 (Windows 64-bit Installer)
  • GOG Galaxy/GOG Galaxyllm-create
    Range: 1.2.48.36

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