CVE-2018-7281 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

CactusVPN 5.3.6 for macOS contains a root privilege escalation vulnerability through a setuid root binary called runme. The binary takes a single command line argument and passes this argument to a system() call, thus allowing low privileged users to execute commands as root.

Published: 2018-02-21

Score: 8.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:cactusvpn:cactusvpn:5.3.6:*:*:*:*:macos:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2018-19015	CactusVPN 5.3.6 for macOS contains a root privilege escalation vulnerability through a setuid root binary called runme. The binary takes a single command line argument and passes this argument to a system() call, thus allowing low privileged users to execute commands as root.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00432.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/VerSprite/research/blob/master/advisories/VS-2018-003.md

History

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Subscriptions

Cactusvpn Cactusvpn

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2018-02-21T22:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T06:24:11.810Z

Reserved: 2018-02-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-7281

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-02-21T22:29:00.267

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:11:56.003

Link: CVE-2018-7281

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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