High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Jul 14, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2020-11827
CVE-2020-11827
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.
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Affected products
3- GOG/Galaxydescription
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
2- fatihhcelik.blogspot.com/2020/04/gog-galaxy-desktop-app-local-privilege.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.gog.com/galaxynvdProductVendor Advisory
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