{"id":"CVE-2018-12441","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-12441","generatedAt":"2026-10-29T00:34:48.798Z","title":"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…","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.","published":"2018-10-11T21:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:37:48.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-276"],"affected":["corsair/corsair utility engine"],"epss":{"score":0.00556,"percentile":0.46196,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.56%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/TheRealJoeDoran/CVE/blob/master/CVE-2018-12441/CVE-2018-12441.txt","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/TheRealJoeDoran/CVE/blob/master/CVE-2018-12441/CVE-2018-12441.txt","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-12441","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}