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.

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 7.2 HIGH

7.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

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
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

No history.

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

JSON object : View

Products Affected

shimovpn

shimo_vpn

CWE

CWE-20

Improper Input Validation

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