VDB-132728 · CVE-2018-4051 · GCVE-0-2018-4051

GOG Galaxy 1.2.47 on MacOS Helper Tool access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in GOG Galaxy 1.2.47 on MacOS. This affects an unknown part of the component Helper Tool. Such manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2018-4051. The attack must be carried out locally. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in GOG Galaxy 1.2.47 on MacOS and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component Helper Tool. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The bug was discovered 03/26/2019. The weakness was presented 04/02/2019. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2018-4051 since 01/02/2018. The attack needs to be approached locally. The successful exploitation needs a simple authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 7 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.

See VDB-132730, VDB-132729, VDB-132727 and VDB-132726 for similar entries. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

Productinfo

Vendor

Name

Galaxy

Version

1.2.47

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.0

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
VulDB Vector: 🔍
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NVD Base Score: 5.5
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CNA Base Score: 7.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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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
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Timelineinfo

01/02/2018 🔍
03/26/2019 +448 days 🔍
04/02/2019 +6 days 🔍
04/03/2019 +1 days 🔍
08/21/2023 +1601 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: talosintelligence.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2018-4051 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-4051
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-132728
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Entryinfo

Created: 04/03/2019 07:06
Updated: 08/21/2023 15:17
Changes: 04/03/2019 07:06 (55), 05/23/2020 20:42 (1), 08/21/2023 15:11 (3), 08/21/2023 15:17 (12)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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