CVE-2018-7493

EUVD-2018-19222
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.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTPrimary
9.8 CRITICAL
NETWORK
LOW
NONE
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 56%
Affected Products (NVD)
VendorProductVersion
cactusvpncactusvpn
𝑥
≤ 6.0
𝑥
= Vulnerable software versions
References
https://github.com/VerSprite/research/blob/master/advisories/VS-2018-007.md
https://github.com/VerSprite/research/blob/master/advisories/VS-2018-007.md