7.8
HIGH
CVE-2018-4180
"CUPS Privilege Escalation Vulnerability"
Description

In macOS High Sierra before 10.13.5, an issue existed in CUPS. This issue was addressed with improved access restrictions.

INFO

Published Date :

Jan. 11, 2019, 6:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Oct. 3, 2019, 12:03 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2018-4180 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Canonical ubuntu_linux
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Apple mac_os_x
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2018-4180.

URL Resource
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00014.html Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-08
https://support.apple.com/HT208849 Vendor Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3713-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4243 Third Party Advisory

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2018-4180 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2018-4180 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 03, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-285 CWE-20 CWE-119 NVD-CWE-noinfo
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 15, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-08 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 22, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00014.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00014.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://support.apple.com/HT208849 No Types Assigned https://support.apple.com/HT208849 Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4243 No Types Assigned https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4243 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/3713-1/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/3713-1/ Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-285
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 10.13.5
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 12, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4243 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3713-1/ [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00014.html [No Types Assigned]
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.06 }} 0.02%

score

0.24849

percentile

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