CVE Vulnerability

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.

9 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 8 / Impact : 10

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

Scope

8.8 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

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

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

Configuration 1

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

Published : 2018-02-21 10:29

Updated : 2020-05-04 01:43

NVD link : CVE-2018-7281

Mitre link : CVE-2018-7281

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
NVD-CWE-noinfo