01 Record
CVE-2018-4178
A permissions issue existed in which execute permission was incorrectly granted. This issue was addressed with improved permission validation. This issue affected versions prior to macOS High Sierra
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: apple
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
A permissions issue existed in which execute permission was incorrectly granted. This issue was addressed with improved permission validation. This issue affected versions prior to macOS High Sierra
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
- 0.26% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 17.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- 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
- 2019-04-03 17:43Z7 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 05:04Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2018-01-02
- Assigning CNA
- apple
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-732Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical ResourceClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 51ab03fe8927252180f873810dc523f27a2af3435c94adae09b05d86e5d32621
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/kb/HT208937