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CVE-2018-12441 Details

Description

The CorsairService Service in Corsair Utility Engine is installed with insecure default permissions, which allows unprivileged local users to execute arbitrary commands via modification of the CorsairService BINARY_PATH_NAME, leading to complete control of the affected system. The issue exists due to the Windows "Everyone" group being granted SERVICE_ALL_ACCESS permissions to the CorsairService Service.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.8 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://github.com/TheRealJoeDoran/CVE/blob/master/CVE-2018-12441/CVE-2018-12441.txt	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/TheRealJoeDoran/CVE/blob/master/CVE-2018-12441/CVE-2018-12441.txt	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-276	Incorrect Default Permissions	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
corsair corsair utility engine	3.2.87 3.3.103 3.4.95 3.6.109 3.7.99
CPE cpe:2.3:a:corsair:corsair_utility_engine:3.2.87:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:corsair:corsair_utility_engine:3.3.103:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:corsair:corsair_utility_engine:3.4.95:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:corsair:corsair_utility_engine:3.6.109:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:corsair:corsair_utility_engine:3.7.99:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

5 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 24, 2020	CWE Remap	[email protected]
Jan 17, 2019	Initial Analysis	[email protected]