9.3crit
CVE-2018-4005
An exploitable privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the Shimo VPN 4.1.5.1 helper service in the configureRoutingWithCommand functio…
Published 7 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
9.3
v3.0 · CNA
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
0.7%
percentile 53%
Public exploits
0
none known
Summary
An exploitable privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the Shimo VPN 4.1.5.1 helper service in the configureRoutingWithCommand function. A user with local access can use this vulnerability to raise their privileges to root. An attacker would need local access to the machine for a successful exploit.
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
0.68% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 53% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.0 | 9.3 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 3.1 | 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| CNA | 3.0 | 9.3 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
Affected products
- n/a Shimo VPN
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
References
- talosintelligence.com /vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0674 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2018-4005
- NVD: CVE-2018-4005
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