CVE-2018-4051 Privilege escalation in GOG Galaxy
A local attacker can escalate privileges by exploiting insecure directory permissions in the GOG Galaxy privileged helper tool on macOS.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2018-4051?
CVE-2018-4051 is a high-severity vulnerability in GOG.COM GOG Galaxy, published on 2 Apr 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-732
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-4051?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Gog Galaxy.
How do I fix CVE-2018-4051?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-4051 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2018-4051 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-4051 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in GOG.COM GOG Galaxy
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hhmf-h6c6-m327.