CVE-2018-8739

VPN Unlimited 4.2.0 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: Unknown
Affected Products (NVD)
VendorProductVersion
keepsolidvpn_unlimited
𝑥
< 4.2.0
𝑥
= Vulnerable software versions
References
https://github.com/VerSprite/research/blob/master/advisories/VS-2018-014.md
https://github.com/VerSprite/research/blob/master/advisories/VS-2018-014.md