CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2018-18860

A local privilege escalation vulnerability has been identified in the SwitchVPN client 2.1012.03 for macOS. Due to over-permissive configuration settings and a SUID binary, an attacker is able to execute arbitrary binaries as root.

7.2 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 10

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

Scope

7.8 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45854/ Exploit VDB Entry
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Nov/38 Exploit Mailing List
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/150323/SwitchVPN-For-MacOS-2.1012.03-Privilege-Escalation.html Exploit VDB Entry
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:switchvpn:switchvpn:2.1012.03:*:*:*:*:macos:*:*
Information

Published : 2018-11-30 06:29

Updated : 2020-05-11 07:20

NVD link : CVE-2018-18860

Mitre link : CVE-2018-18860

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
NVD-CWE-noinfo