CVE-2018-4009

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.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTNIST
7.8 HIGH
LOCAL
LOW
LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
talosCNA
8.8 HIGH
LOCAL
LOW
LOW
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVEADP
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Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 3%
VendorProductVersion
shimovpnshimo_vpn
4.1.5.1
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= Vulnerable software versions
Common Weakness Enumeration
References
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0678
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0678