CVE-2019-12174

Published Jul 8, 2019 CVSS 3.0 · 7.8 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
hide.me before 2.4.4 on macOS suffers from a privilege escalation vulnerability in the connectWithExecutablePath:configFilePath:configFileName method of the me_hide_vpnhelper.Helper class in the me.hide.vpnhelper macOS privilege helper tool. This method takes user-supplied input and can be used to escalate privileges, as well as obtain the ability to run any application on the system in the root context.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2019-3823 hide.me before 2.4.4 on macOS suffers from a privilege escalation vulnerability in the connectWithExecutablePath:configFilePath:configFileName method of the me_hide_vpnhelper.Helper class in the me.hide.vpnhelper macOS privilege helper tool. This method takes user-supplied input and can be used to escalate privileges, as well as obtain the ability to run any application on the system in the root context.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 4, 2024, 11:10 PM
Reserved
May 17, 2019, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jul 8, 2019, 2:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 2:14 AM