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CVE-2020-7352 Details

Description

The GalaxyClientService component of GOG Galaxy runs with elevated SYSTEM privileges in a Windows environment. Due to the software shipping with embedded, static RSA private key, an attacker with this key material and local user permissions can effectively 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. A Metasploit module has been published which exploits this vulnerability. This issue affects the 2.0.x branch of the software (2.0.12 and earlier) as well as the 1.2.x branch (1.2.64 and earlier). A fix was issued for the 2.0.x branch of the affected software.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:8.8 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CNA: [email protected]CVSS-B:8.4 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/pull/13444	CVE	PatchThird Party Advisory
https://www.positronsecurity.com/blog/2020-04-28-gog-galaxy-client-local-privilege-escalation/	CVE	ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/pull/13444	[email protected]	PatchThird Party Advisory
https://www.positronsecurity.com/blog/2020-04-28-gog-galaxy-client-local-privilege-escalation/	[email protected]	ExploitThird Party Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-798	Use of Hard-coded Credentials	[email protected]
CWE-264	Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
gog galaxy	>= 1.2.0, <= 1.2.64 >= 2.0.0, <= 2.0.12
CPE cpe:2.3:a:gog:galaxy::::::windows::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

5 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 5, 2022	Reanalysis	[email protected]
Aug 10, 2020	Initial Analysis	[email protected]