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CVE-2018-12441

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-12441 is a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Corsair Utility Engine (CUE) due to insecure default permissions on the CorsairService. Unprivileged local users can modify the service's binary path, allowing arbitrary command execution and complete system control. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability requires local access but is easily exploitable with low attack complexity, leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion, indicating a low current threat landscape despite its severity.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.2.87CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:corsair:corsair_utility_engine:3.2.87:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.3.103CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:corsair:corsair_utility_engine:3.3.103:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.4.95CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:corsair:corsair_utility_engine:3.4.95:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.6.109CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:corsair:corsair_utility_engine:3.6.109:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.7.99CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:corsair:corsair_utility_engine:3.7.99:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.53%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
41.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0053 is in the 81st percentile among its peer group of 17,070 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

github.com / TheRealJoeDoran/CVE/blob/master/CVE-2018-12441/CVE-2018-12441.txt
Third Party Advisory