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CVE-2018-4008
An exploitable privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the Shimo VPN 4.1.5.1 helper service in the RunVpncScript command. The command…
Critical9.3EPSS 0.42%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- talos
Description
An exploitable privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the Shimo VPN 4.1.5.1 helper service in the RunVpncScript command. The command takes a user-supplied script argument and executes it under root context. 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 successfully exploit this bug.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| talosCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | Critical9.3 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.42% · top 63% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.3.
Weakness
- local privilege escalation
- CWE-269 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-269 and its CVEs
Affected products
Shimo VPN
- affected Shimo VPN 4.1.5.1
References (1)
- https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0677 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
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