CVE-2018-18860

A local privilege escalation vulnerability has been identified in the SwitchVPN client 2.1012.03 for macOS. Due to over-permissive configuration settings and a SUID binary, an attacker is able to execute arbitrary binaries as root.

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 7.2 HIGH

7.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

7.2^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/150323/SwitchVPN-For-MacOS-2.1012.03-Privilege-Escalation.html	Exploit VDB Entry Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Nov/38	Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45854/	Exploit VDB Entry Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:switchvpn:switchvpn:2.1012.03:*:*:*:*:macos:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2018-11-30 18:29

Updated : 2020-05-11 19:20

NVD link : CVE-2018-18860

Mitre link : CVE-2018-18860

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2018-18860

JSON object : View

Products Affected

switchvpn

switchvpn

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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