CVE-2018-9859 : The path of Whale update service was unquoted in NAVER Whale before 1.0.40.7. Th

The path of Whale update service was unquoted in NAVER Whale before 1.0.40.7. This vulnerability can be used for persistent privilege escalation if it's available to create an executable file with System privilege by other vulnerable applications.

Published 2018-06-16 01:29:10

Updated 2019-10-03 00:03:26

Source MITRE

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Vulnerability category: Gain privilege

Products affected by CVE-2018-9859

Navercorp » Whale
Versions before (<) 1.0.40.7
cpe:2.3:a:navercorp:whale:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Matching versions

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2018-9859

EPSS FAQ

0.50%

Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History

~ 63 %

Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2018-9859

Base Score	Base Severity	CVSS Vector	Exploitability Score	Impact Score	Score Source
5.1	MEDIUM	AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P	4.9	6.4	NIST
Access Vector: Network Access Complexity: High Authentication: None Confidentiality Impact: Partial Integrity Impact: Partial Availability Impact: Partial
8.1	HIGH	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	2.2	5.9	NIST
Attack Vector: Network Attack Complexity: High Privileges Required: None User Interaction: None Scope: Unchanged Confidentiality: High Integrity: High Availability: High

References for CVE-2018-9859

https://cve.naver.com/detail/cve-2018-9859.html

NAVER Security Advisory
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2018-9859

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