CVE-2018-4178 (GCVE-0-2018-4178)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-04-03 17:43 – Updated: 2024-08-05 05:04
VLAI
Summary
A permissions issue existed in which execute permission was incorrectly granted. This issue was addressed with improved permission validation. This issue affected versions prior to macOS High Sierra 10.13.4.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • A local user may be able to view sensitive user information
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT208937 x_refsource_MISC
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a macOS Affected: Versions prior to: macOS High Sierra 10.13.4
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