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CVE-2018-4050

HIGH
Published 2019-04-01T18:29:38
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CVSS Score

V3.0
7.1
/10
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2025.03.14
0.001
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 0.1% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.235
Higher than 23.5% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
NONE

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.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

Related News

No news articles found for this CVE.

Affected Products

Talos

GOG Galaxy

Affected Versions:

Gog Galaxy 1.2.47 (macOS)

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed HIGH

GHSA-9vj8-x35r-qpx7

Advisory Details

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.

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

7.5

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-4050
WEB https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0724

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: May 13, 2022, Modified: May 13, 2022

References

https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0724
Published: 2019-04-01T18:29:38
Last Modified: 2024-08-05T05:04:29.151Z
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