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CVE-2018-9859

The path of Whale update service was unquoted in NAVER Whale before 1.0.40.7.

Published 8 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
8.1
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
0.9%
percentile 61%
Public exploits
0
none known

The path of Whale update service was unquoted in NAVER Whale before 1.0.40.7. This vulnerability can be used for persistent privilege escalation if it's available to create an executable file with System privilege by other vulnerable applications.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.92% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 61% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.08.1CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD2.05.1AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

  • cve.naver.com /detail/cve-2018-9859.html · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred

Sources

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