8.8high
CVE-2018-7281
CactusVPN 5.3.6 for macOS contains a root privilege escalation vulnerability through a setuid root binary called runme.
Published 8 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
8.8
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
1.5%
percentile 75%
Public exploits
0
none known
Summary
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.
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
1.54% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 75% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 9.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C |
References
- github.com /VerSprite/research/blob/master/advisories/VS-2018-003.md · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2018-7281
- NVD: CVE-2018-7281
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