CVEs-PoC/2018/CVE-2018-3974.md

### [CVE-2018-3974](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-3974)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Product&message=GOG%20Galaxy&color=blue)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Version&message=n%2Fa&color=blue)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Vulnerability&message=local%20privilege%20elevation&color=brighgreen)

### 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.

### POC

#### Reference
- https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0640

#### Github
No PoCs found on GitHub currently.