CVE-2018-4051

An exploitable local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the privileged helper tool of GOG Galaxy's Games, version 1.2.47 for macOS. An attacker can globally create directories and subdirectories on the root file system, as well as change the permissions of existing directories.

CVSS v3 5.5 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 4.9 MEDIUM

5.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

4.9^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 6.9

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0725	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:gog:galaxy:1.2.47:*:*:*:*:macos:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2019-04-02 16:29

Updated : 2023-12-10 12:59

NVD link : CVE-2018-4051

Mitre link : CVE-2018-4051

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2018-4051

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Products Affected

gog

galaxy

CWE

CWE-732

Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

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