CVE-2018-4006
9.3
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
An exploitable privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the Shimo VPN 4.1.5.1 helper service in the writeConfig functionality. A non-root user is able to write a file anywhere on the system. A user with local access can use this vulnerability to raise their privileges to root. An attacker would need local access to the machine to exploit it successfully.
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | Shimo VPN | Shimo VPN 4.1.5.1 | affected |
Weaknesses
- local privilege escalation
ADP Enrichment
CVE Program Container
Additional References
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