CVE-2018-9859

High

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.

SeverityHigh
CVSS8.1
Exploit probability—
ProductNavercorp Whale
PublishedJun 16, 2018
First seenJun 16, 2018

How to fix

Update
  • navercorp whale1.0.40.7 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
navercorp whalev < 1.0.40.71.0.40.7

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