CVE Vulnerability

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.

10 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 10 / Impact : 10

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

Scope

9.8 /10

CVSS v3.0 : CRITICAL

V3 Legend

Vector :

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

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

Configuration 1

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

Published : 2018-03-16 06:29

Updated : 2019-10-03 12:03

NVD link : CVE-2018-8739

Mitre link : CVE-2018-8739

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
NVD-CWE-noinfo