CVE-2018-4055

MEDIUM

Pixar Renderman 22.2.0 - Local Privilege Escalation via Install Helper Tool

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0729

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0052
EPSS Percentile 40.4%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (1)
pixar/renderman 22.2.0
Published Mar 08, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026