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CVE-2018-4050

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-4050 is a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting GOG Galaxy Games version 1.2.47 on macOS. This flaw allows an attacker to manipulate folder permissions, leading to the execution of arbitrary code with elevated privileges. Rated 7.8 HIGH on CVSS, it requires local access and low privileges but can result in high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.2.47CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gog:galaxy:1.2.47:*:*:*:*:macos:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.1HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.5
Impact Score
4.0
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.35%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
27.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0035 is in the 66th percentile among its peer group of 16,994 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

talosintelligence.com / vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0724
Third Party Advisory