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CVE-2018-9859

The path of Whale update service was unquoted in NAVER Whale before 1.0.40.7. This vulnerability can be used for persistent privilege escalation if it's available to create an executable file with System privilege by other vulnerable applications.

  • Published: Jun 16, 2018
  • Updated: Nov 9, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2018-9859
  • Severity: Medium
  • Exploit:

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 5.1
  • AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

No CWE or OWASP classifications available.

Software From Fixed in
navercorp / whale - 1.0.40.7