CVE-2018-4051 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability found in the privileged helper tool of GOG Galaxy Games, specifically version 1.2.47 for macOS. An attacker can exploit this to create directories and subdirectories on the root file system and modify permissions of existing directories. With a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), this vulnerability requires local access and low privileges, but has a high impact on integrity. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.2.47CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gog:galaxy:1.2.47:*:*:*:*:macos:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.