CVE-2018-4055

CVSS V2 Low 2.1 CVSS V3 Medium 5.5

Description

A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the install helper tool of the Mac OS X version of Pixar Renderman, version 22.2.0. A user with local access can use this vulnerability to read any root file from the file system. An attacker would need local access to the machine to successfully exploit this flaw.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2018-4055

Assigner
talos-cna@cisco.com

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2019-03-08T20:29:00

Last Modified Date
2022-06-07T17:18:15

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-20	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:pixar:renderman:22.2.0:::::mac_os_x::	1	OR

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Access Vector
LOCAL

Access Compatibility
LOW

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL

Integrity Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
NONE

Base Score
2.1

Severity
LOW

Exploitability Score
3.9

Impact Score
2.9

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.1

Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
LOCAL

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
LOW

User Interaction
NONE

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
HIGH

Availability Impact
NONE

Base Score
5.5

Base Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
1.8

Impact Score
3.6

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0729	Exploit Third Party Advisory

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-4055
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-4055

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-04-20 17:01:14				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 18:02:54	2019-03-08T20:29Z	2019-03-08T20:29:00	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-03 18:02:54		2022-06-07T17:18:15	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-03 18:02:54		Analyzed	Vulnerability Status	updated