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CVE-2018-4009

Published: Apr 15, 2019

Modified: Aug 5, 2024

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.0

8.8

HIGH

Description

An exploitable privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the Shimo VPN helper service due to improper validation of code signing. 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 successfully exploit this bug.

VendorProductVersions

n/a

Shimo VPN

affected
Shimo VPN 4.1.5.1

CVSS v3.0 Details

CVSS v3.0 Vector

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

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

References

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