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CVE-2018-4054 Details

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 escalate their privileges to root. An attacker would need local access to the machine to successfully exploit this flaw.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.8 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CNA: [email protected]CVSS-B:9 CRITICALVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0728	CVE	ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0728	[email protected]	ExploitThird Party Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-20	Improper Input Validation	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
pixar renderman	22.2.0
CPE cpe:2.3:a:pixar:renderman:22.2.0:::::mac_os_x:: Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 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]
Jun 7, 2022	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Apr 19, 2022	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Mar 11, 2019	Initial Analysis	[email protected]