CVE-2018-4006

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.
References
Link Resource
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0675 Exploit Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:shimovpn:shimo_vpn:4.1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

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Information

Published : 2019-04-17 15:29

Updated : 2024-02-04 20:20


NVD link : CVE-2018-4006

Mitre link : CVE-2018-4006

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2018-4006


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Products Affected

shimovpn

  • shimo_vpn
CWE
CWE-20

Improper Input Validation