CVE-2018-18860
A local privilege escalation vulnerability has been identified in the SwitchVPN client 2.1012.03 for macOS.
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 1.2%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use.
Description
A local privilege escalation vulnerability has been identified in the SwitchVPN client 2.1012.03 for macOS. Due to over-permissive configuration settings and a SUID binary, an attacker is able to execute arbitrary binaries as root.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.18% probability · 68th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 14 November 2018
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- switchvpn/switchvpn
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 1.2% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/150323/SwitchVPN-For-MacOS-2.1012.03-Privilege-Escalation.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Nov/38Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45854/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/150323/SwitchVPN-For-MacOS-2.1012.03-Privilege-Escalation.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Nov/38Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45854/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.