CVE-2018-18860

high

Description

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.

References

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45854/

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Nov/38

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/150323/SwitchVPN-For-MacOS-2.1012.03-Privilege-Escalation.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2018-11-30

Updated: 2024-11-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H