CVE-2018-4178 (GCVE-0-2018-4178)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2019-04-03 17:43
Modified
2024-08-05 05:04
Severity ?
CWE
  • A local user may be able to view sensitive user information
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.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a macOS Version: Versions prior to: macOS High Sierra 10.13.4
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