CVE-2018-4006

Published Apr 17, 2019 CVSS 3.1 · 7.8 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
An exploitable privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the Shimo VPN 4.1.5.1 helper service in the writeConfig functionality. A non-root user is able to write a file anywhere on the system. 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 exploit it successfully.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-15792 An exploitable privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the Shimo VPN 4.1.5.1 helper service in the writeConfig functionality. A non-root user is able to write a file anywhere on the system. 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 exploit it successfully.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
talos
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 4:57 AM
Reserved
Jan 2, 2018, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Apr 17, 2019, 3:29 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 1:58 AM