VDB-125250 · CVE-2018-12441 · GCVE-0-2018-12441

Corsair Utility Engine CorsairService permission

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6.5	$0-$5k	0.00

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Corsair Utility Engine. It has been declared as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component CorsairService. The manipulation results in permission. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2018-12441. Attacking locally is a requirement. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Corsair Utility Engine (version now known). It has been classified as problematic. Affected is some unknown processing of the component CorsairService. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a permission vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-275. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The CorsairService Service in Corsair Utility Engine is installed with insecure default permissions, which allows unprivileged local users to execute arbitrary commands via modification of the CorsairService BINARY_PATH_NAME, leading to complete control of the affected system. The issue exists due to the Windows "Everyone" group being granted SERVICE_ALL_ACCESS permissions to the CorsairService Service.

The bug was discovered 10/10/2018. The weakness was published 10/11/2018 (Website). The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2018-12441 since 06/15/2018. Local access is required to approach this attack. Required for exploitation is a authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1222 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Productinfo

Vendor

Corsair

Name

Utility Engine

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.5

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 7.8
NVD Vector: 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Permission
CWE: CWE-275 / CWE-266
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Timelineinfo

06/15/2018 🔍
10/10/2018 +117 days 🔍
10/11/2018 +0 days 🔍
10/11/2018 +0 days 🔍
10/12/2018 +1 days 🔍
04/01/2020 +537 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: github.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2018-12441 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-12441
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-125250

Entryinfo

Created: 10/12/2018 07:17
Updated: 04/01/2020 20:20
Changes: 10/12/2018 07:17 (55), 04/01/2020 20:20 (1)
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