CVE-2018-7493 : CactusVPN through 6.0 for macOS suffers from a root privilege escalation vulnera

CactusVPN through 6.0 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.

Published 2018-03-05 20:29:00

Updated 2021-09-22 14:25:33

Source MITRE

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Vulnerability category: Gain privilege

Products affected by CVE-2018-7493

Cactusvpn » Cactusvpn
Versions up to, including, (<=) 6.0
cpe:2.3:a:cactusvpn:cactusvpn:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Matching versions
When used together with: Apple » Macos

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2018-7493

EPSS FAQ

0.22%

Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History

~ 60 %

Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2018-7493

Base Score	Base Severity	CVSS Vector	Exploitability Score	Impact Score	Score Source
10.0	HIGH	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C	10.0	10.0	NIST
Access Vector: Network Access Complexity: Low Authentication: None Confidentiality Impact: Complete Integrity Impact: Complete Availability Impact: Complete
9.8	CRITICAL	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	3.9	5.9	NIST
Attack Vector: Network Attack Complexity: Low Privileges Required: None User Interaction: None Scope: Unchanged Confidentiality: High Integrity: High Availability: High

References for CVE-2018-7493

https://github.com/VerSprite/research/blob/master/advisories/VS-2018-007.md

research/VS-2018-007.md at master · VerSprite/research · GitHub
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