7.1high
CVE-2018-4050
An exploitable local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the privileged helper tool of GOG Galaxy's Games, version 1.2.47 for macO…
Published 7 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
7.1
v3.0 · CNA
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
0.4%
percentile 29%
Public exploits
0
none known
Summary
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.
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
0.35% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 29% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.0 | 7.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N |
| NVD | 3.1 | 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| CNA | 3.0 | 7.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N |
| NVD | 2.0 | 7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
Affected products
- Talos GOG Galaxy
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource
References
- talosintelligence.com /vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0724 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2018-4050
- NVD: CVE-2018-4050
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