CVE-2018-4050 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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 adjust folder permissions leading to execution of arbitrary code with elevated privileges.

Published: 2019-04-01

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Talos

GOG Galaxy

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`Gog Galaxy 1.2.47 (macOS)`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2018-15836	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 adjust folder permissions leading to execution of arbitrary code with elevated privileges.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00028.

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References

Link	Providers
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0724

History

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Subscriptions

Gog Galaxy

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: talos

Published: 2019-04-01T18:29:38.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T05:04:29.151Z

Reserved: 2018-01-02T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-4050

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-04-01T19:29:01.113

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:06:37.937

Link: CVE-2018-4050

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-732

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