Google Updater for MacOS CVE-2018-6084 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

BID:103468

CVE-2018-6084 |

Info

Google Updater for MacOS CVE-2018-6084 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 103468
Class: Serialization Error
CVE: CVE-2018-6084
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Mar 21 2018 12:00AM
Updated: Mar 22 2018 08:00AM
Credit: ianbeer of Google Project Zero.
Vulnerable: Google Updater 0
Not Vulnerable: Google Updater 1.2.10.105

Discussion

Google Updater for MacOS CVE-2018-6084 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Google Updater for MacOS is prone to a local privilege-escalation vulnerability.

A local attacker can exploit this issue to gain elevated privileges; this may aid in launching further attacks.

Exploit / POC

Google Updater for MacOS CVE-2018-6084 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

The researcher has created a proof-of-concept to demonstrate the issue. Please see the references for more information.

Solution / Fix

Google Updater for MacOS CVE-2018-6084 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected]

References

Google Updater for MacOS CVE-2018-6084 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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