CVE-2018-9859 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2018-9859

The path of Whale update service was unquoted in NAVER...

Vulnerability Description

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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

References

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

whale
Vulnerable Versions:
0

Timeline

Official Publish: June 15th, 2018
Last Modified: August 5th, 2024
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.