CVE-2019-15511
highpriority · track · 41OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.007 · 55 %ileexploit · PoCEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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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exploits (1)
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- adenkiewicz/CVE-2019-15511GOG Galaxy Exploit for CVE-2019-15511PoC · poc_in_github
affected products (3)
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references (7)
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- https://cqureacademy.com/cqure-labs/cqlabs-cve-2019-15511-broken-access-control-in-gog-galaxycnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-15511cnnvd
- https://support.gog.com/hc/en-us/articles/360025458833-GOG-GALAXY-2-0-updates-and-known-issuescnnvd
- https://cqureacademy.com/cqure-labs/cqlabs-cve-2019-15511-broken-access-control-in-gog-galaxyenisa_euvd
- https://support.gog.com/hc/en-us/articles/360025458833-GOG-GALAXY-2-0-updates-and-known-issuesenisa_euvd
- https://cqureacademy.com/cqure-labs/cqlabs-cve-2019-15511-broken-access-control-in-gog-galaxyThird Party AdvisoryVendor Advisorynvd
- https://support.gog.com/hc/en-us/articles/360025458833-GOG-GALAXY-2-0-updates-and-known-issuesRelease NotesVendor Advisorynvd
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