Medium severity6.7NVD Advisory· Published Apr 30, 2024· Updated Apr 15, 2026

CVE-2023-50914

Description

A Privilege Escalation issue in the inter-process communication procedure from GOG Galaxy (Beta) 2.0.67.2 through v2.0.71.2 allows authentictaed users to change the DACL of arbitrary system directories to include Everyone full control permissions by modifying the FixDirectoryPrivileges instruction parameters sent from GalaxyClient.exe to GalaxyClientService.exe.

Patches

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Vulnerability mechanics

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References

github.com/anvilsecure/gog-galaxy-app-research/blob/main/advisories/CVE-2023-50914%20-%20LPE.mdnvd
support.gog.com/hc/en-us/categories/201553005-Downloads-Installingnvd
www.positronsecurity.com/blog/2020-08-13-gog-galaxy_client-local-privilege-escalation_deuce/nvd

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