CVE-2018-4051 - 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 create directories and subdirectories on the root file system, as well as change the permissions of existing directories.

Published: 2019-04-02

Score: 5.5 Medium

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

GOG.COM

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-2018-15837	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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

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 None

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00029.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0725

History

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Subscriptions

Gog Galaxy

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: talos

Published: 2019-04-02T15:19:44.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T05:04:29.501Z

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

Link: CVE-2018-4051

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-04-02T16:29:00.437

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:06:38.120

Link: CVE-2018-4051

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-732

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