CVE-2018-4055 Privilege escalation in Pixar Renderman
A local privilege escalation flaw in Pixar Renderman's install helper allows attackers with local access to read arbitrary root files.
- 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-2018-4055?
CVE-2018-4055 is a high-severity vulnerability in Talos Pixar Renderman, published on 8 Mar 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the install helper tool of the Mac OS X version of Pixar Renderman, version 22.2.0. A user with local access can use this vulnerability to read any root file from the file system. An attacker would need local access to the machine to successfully exploit this flaw.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-4055?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Pixar Renderman.
How do I fix CVE-2018-4055?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-4055 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2018-4055 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-4055 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Talos Pixar Renderman
Sources
Also known as GHSA-g6mp-3rpm-jqf5.