CVE-2018-8739

VPN Unlimited 4.2.0 for macOS suffers from a root privilege escalation vulnerability in its privileged helper tool. The privileged helper tool implements an XPC interface, which allows arbitrary applications to execute system commands as root.

CVSS v3 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS v2.0 10.0 HIGH

9.8^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

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

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

10.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

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

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/VerSprite/research/blob/master/advisories/VS-2018-014.md	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:keepsolid:vpn_unlimited:*:*:*:*:*:mac_os_x:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2018-03-16 18:29

Updated : 2024-02-28 16:25

NVD link : CVE-2018-8739

Mitre link : CVE-2018-8739

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2018-8739

JSON object : View

Products Affected

keepsolid

vpn_unlimited

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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