CVE-2018-4055

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.

CVSS v3.1

5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVSS v3.0

7.1 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVSS v2.0

2.1 LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

EPSS

0.52% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 42th percentile

Published

2019-03-08

Updated

2024-09-17

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0729

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2018-4054
• CVE-2018-4056
• CVE-2018-4048
• CVE-2018-4061
• CVE-2018-4043
• CVE-2018-4062