01 Record

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 macOS. An attacker can globally adjust folder permissions leading

HighPUBLISHEDCNA: talos

CNA base score7.1 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N

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02 Description

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation: Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision: Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability: 0.35% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Equal to or higher than the score of 28.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score: 7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD analysis status: Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity: No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published

2019-04-01 18:29Z7 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 05:04Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2018-01-02

Assigning CNA

talos

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.1)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

CWE-732Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical ResourceClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

ed032cbfeb629156c9938bb0d372155e488f1a356639ef4acf2aa56755d33971

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

TalosGOG GalaxyGog Galaxy 1.2.47 (macOS)—

06 References

talosintelligence.comhttps://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0724x_refsource_CONFIRM