# CVE-2018-9859: The path of Whale update service was unquoted in NAVER Whale before 1.0.40.7.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2018-06-15 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://cve.naver.com/detail/cve-2018-9859.html

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