CVE-2018-7281

CactusVPN 5.3.6 for macOS contains a root privilege escalation vulnerability through a setuid root binary called runme. The binary takes a single command line argument and passes this argument to a system() call, thus allowing low privileged users to execute commands as root.

CVSS v3 8.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 9.0 HIGH

8.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

9.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability : 8.0 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/VerSprite/research/blob/master/advisories/VS-2018-003.md	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:cactusvpn:cactusvpn:5.3.6:*:*:*:*:macos:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2018-02-21 22:29

Updated : 2024-02-28 16:25

NVD link : CVE-2018-7281

Mitre link : CVE-2018-7281

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2018-7281

JSON object : View

Products Affected

cactusvpn

cactusvpn

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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