CVE-2018-9859 describes an unquoted service path vulnerability in NAVER Whale versions prior to 1.0.40.7, allowing for persistent privilege escalation if an attacker can create an executable with System privileges. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.1, indicating a significant impact with high confidentiality, integrity, and availability concerns, though it requires high attack complexity. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.0.40.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:navercorp:whale:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.