{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-12449 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2018-12449 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2018-12449 is a high-severity vulnerability in NAVER Corporation Whale Browser Installer, published on 11 Oct 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2018-12449 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2018-12449 is a high-severity vulnerability in NAVER Corporation Whale Browser Installer, published on 11 Oct 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-12449 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: NAVER Corporation Whale Browser Installer. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-12449/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-12449/index.md)","id":"CVE-2018-12449","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-12449/index.md","name":"CVE-2018-12449","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-97p5-8vv4-5x5q"],"analysis":{"component_type":"desktop_application","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["code_execution","privilege_escalation"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Whale browser installer","requires_auth":"none","summary":"An attacker can execute arbitrary code via DLL hijacking in the Whale browser installer, potentially leading to privilege escalation.","user_interaction":"required","vuln_class":"other"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"naver","cpe":[{"product":"whale","vendor":"navercorp"}],"cvss":{"score":7.8,"severity":"high","source":"nvd","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.0"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-426","name":"Untrusted Search Path"}],"description":"The Whale browser installer 0.4.3.0 and earlier versions allows DLL hijacking.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Other in Whale Browser Installer","id":"CVE-2018-12449","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"other","year":"2018"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"Denial of service in n/a","id":"CVE-2018-12453"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Security feature bypass in Whale Browser","id":"CVE-2018-12448"},"products":["Whale Browser Installer"],"published":"2018-10-11","related":[{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Security feature bypass in NAVER Whale browser","id":"CVE-2025-62583","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2025-10-16"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Cross-site scripting in NAVER Whale browser","id":"CVE-2025-53599","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2025-07-04"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Missing authorization in NAVER Whale browser","id":"CVE-2022-24074","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2022-03-17"},{"cvss_score":9.1,"headline":"Security feature bypass in NAVER Whale browser","id":"CVE-2025-69234","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2025-12-30"},{"cvss_score":8.1,"headline":"Privilege escalation in n/a","id":"CVE-2018-9859","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2018-06-15"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Other in n/a","id":"CVE-2017-15913","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2018-01-08"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-08-05","vendors":["NAVER Corporation"]},"summary":"An attacker can execute arbitrary code via DLL hijacking in the Whale browser installer, potentially leading to privilege escalation.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-12449/"}