CVE-2018-4050 (GCVE-0-2018-4050)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-04-01 18:29 – Updated: 2024-08-05 05:04
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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.
Severity ?
7.1 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • local privilege escalation
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Talos GOG Galaxy Affected: Gog Galaxy 1.2.47 (macOS)
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