CVE-2018-18860

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.

CVSS v3.0

7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0

7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS

1.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 66th percentile

Published

2018-11-30

Updated

2024-08-05

Proof-of-concept exploits (2)

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/150323/SwitchVPN-For-MacOS-2.1012.03-Privilege-Escal…
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Nov/38

ExploitDB entries (1)

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

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2018-18859
• CVE-2018-18861
• CVE-2018-18858
• CVE-2018-18862
• CVE-2018-18857
• CVE-2018-18864