What is CVE-2018-7281?

CVE-2018-7281 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cactusvpn. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-02-21.

How severe is CVE-2018-7281?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Cactusvpn

CVE-2018-7281

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.

EPSS: 0.016 (72.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Cactusvpn — versions 5.3.6
N/a — versions n/a

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-7281?: CVE-2018-7281 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cactusvpn. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-02-21.
How severe is CVE-2018-7281?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.