PT-2020-19567 · Gog · Gog Galaxy

Jtesta · Published 2020-08-06 · Updated 2022-08-05 · CVE-2020-7352

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions GOG Galaxy versions 1.2.x through 1.2.64 GOG Galaxy versions 2.0.x through 2.0.12

Description The GalaxyClientService component of GOG Galaxy runs with elevated SYSTEM privileges in a Windows environment. Due to the software shipping with an embedded, static RSA private key, an attacker with this key material and local user permissions can send any operating system command to the service for execution in this elevated context. The service listens for such commands on a locally-bound network port, localhost:9978.

Recommendations For GOG Galaxy versions 1.2.x through 1.2.64, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability. For GOG Galaxy versions 2.0.x through 2.0.12, update to a version that includes the fix issued for the 2.0.x branch.

Exploit

Using Hardcoded Credentials

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-798

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-7352

Affected Products

Gog Galaxy

References · 5

• 🔥 https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/pull/13444 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/windows/local/gog_galaxyclientservice_privesc.rb · Exploit
• 🔥 https://positronsecurity.com/blog/2020-04-28-gog-galaxy-client-local-privilege-escalation · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7352 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-7352 · Vendor Advisory