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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Remediation
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
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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History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: talos
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-05T04:57:24.736Z
Reserved: 2018-01-02T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2018-4006
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Status : Modified
Published: 2019-04-17T15:29:00.563
Modified: 2024-11-21T04:06:28.960
Link: CVE-2018-4006
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Weaknesses
EUVD