What is CVE-2018-4051?

CVE-2018-4051 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gog Galaxy, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2019-04-02.

How severe is CVE-2018-4051?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Gog Galaxy

CVE-2018-4051

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 create directories and subdirectories on the root file system, as well as change the permissions of existing directories.

EPSS: 0.003 (20.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Gog Galaxy — versions 1.2.47
Gog.com Gog Galaxy — versions Gog Galaxy 1.2.47 (macOS)

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-732 — Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

References

talos-cna@cisco.com (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-4051?: CVE-2018-4051 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gog Galaxy, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2019-04-02.
How severe is CVE-2018-4051?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.