CVE-2018-4055

A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the install helper tool of the Mac OS X version of Pixar Renderman, version 22.2.0. A user with local access can use this vulnerability to read any root file from the file system. An attacker would need local access to the machine to successfully exploit this flaw.

CVSS v3 5.5 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 2.1 LOW

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 HIGH

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

2.1^/10

CVSS v2.0 : LOW

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

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0729	Exploit Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:pixar:renderman:22.2.0:*:*:*:*:mac_os_x:*:*

History

07 Jun 2022, 17:18

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CVSS	v2 : ~~4.9~~ v3 : ~~5.5~~	v2 : 2.1 v3 : 5.5

Information

Published : 2019-03-08 20:29

Updated : 2023-12-10 12:59

NVD link : CVE-2018-4055

Mitre link : CVE-2018-4055

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2018-4055

JSON object : View

Products Affected

pixar

renderman

CWE

CWE-20

Improper Input Validation

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