VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2018-7493
CactusVPN through 6.0 for macOS suffers from a root privilege escalation vulnerability in its privileged helper tool.
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 1.80%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.80%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.80% probability · 77th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- cactusvpn/cactusvpn
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://github.com/VerSprite/research/blob/master/advisories/VS-2018-007.mdThird Party Advisory
- https://github.com/VerSprite/research/blob/master/advisories/VS-2018-007.mdThird Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.