CVE-2018-4006 CRITICAL

CVE-2018-4006

Vendor N/A
Product Shimo VPN
Published April 17, 2019
Last update August 5, 2024

CVSS base score

9.3/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

April 17, 2019 CVE published
August 5, 2024 Record updated