High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Nov 21, 2019· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2019-15511
CVE-2019-15511
Description
An exploitable local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the GalaxyClientService installed by GOG Galaxy. Due to Improper Access Control, an attacker can send unauthenticated local TCP packets to the service to gain SYSTEM privileges in Windows system where GOG Galaxy software is installed. All GOG Galaxy versions before 1.2.60 and all corresponding versions of GOG Galaxy 2.0 Beta are affected.
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Affected products
2- GOG/GOG Galaxydescription
- Range: <1.2.60 / 2.0 Beta all
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
2- cqureacademy.com/cqure-labs/cqlabs-cve-2019-15511-broken-access-control-in-gog-galaxynvdThird Party AdvisoryVendor Advisory
- support.gog.com/hc/en-us/articles/360025458833-GOG-GALAXY-2-0-updates-and-known-issuesnvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory
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