VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2018-4004
An exploitable privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the Shimo VPN 4.1.5.1 helper service in the disconnectService functionality.
MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 0.38%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.38%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
An exploitable privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the Shimo VPN 4.1.5.1 helper service in the disconnectService functionality. A non-root user is able to kill any privileged process on the system. An attacker would need local access to the machine for a successful exploit.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.38% probability · 31th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- shimovpn/shimo vpn
- Source
- talos-cna@cisco.com
References
- https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0673Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0673Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.