CVE-2018-3974 — An exploitable local privilege elevation vulnerability exists in the file system permissions of GOG Galaxy's install directory

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HIGH

An exploitable local privilege elevation vulnerability exists in the file system permissions of GOG Galaxy's install directory

Published Apr 2, 2019

7.8

HIGH

CVSS 3.1

EPSS 0.53%

Description

An exploitable local privilege elevation vulnerability exists in the file system permissions of GOG Galaxy's install directory. An attacker can overwrite an executable that is launched as a system service on boot by default to exploit this vulnerability and execute arbitrary code with system privileges.

Affected products

Vendor Gog.com Product GOG Galaxy Default
n/a
- Version
  Gog Galaxy 1.2.45.61 (Windows 64-bit Installer)
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  -

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor

Product

Default status

Versions

Gog.com

GOG Galaxy

n/a

Version	Status	Constraints
Gog Galaxy 1.2.45.61 (Windows 64-bit Installer)	affected	-

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.53% 0.00530

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00530

Score over time

2021–2026

EPSS v1
EPSS v5
EPSS v2
EPSS v3

Percentile over time

EPSS v1
EPSS v5
EPSS v2
EPSS v3

Table of values (9 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.53% (0.00530)	42.71th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Sep 20, 2026	0.53% (0.00530)	43.74th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jul 20, 2024	0.05% (0.00051)	20.64th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 13, 2024	0.05% (0.00051)	20.07th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.05% (0.00051)	18.04th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.04% (0.01036)	43.31th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.04% (0.01036)	20.62th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 3, 2022	0.73% (0.00731)	20.40th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Apr 14, 2021	0.73% (0.00731)	0.00th	v1