What is CVE-2018-7493?

CVE-2018-7493 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Apple macOS. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-03-05.

How severe is CVE-2018-7493?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Apple macOS

CVE-2018-7493

CactusVPN through 6.0 for macOS suffers from a root privilege escalation vulnerability in its privileged helper tool. The privileged helper tool implements an XPC interface, which allows arbitrary applications to execute system commands as root.

EPSS: 0.018 (76.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Apple Macos
Cactusvpn
N/a — versions n/a

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-7493?: CVE-2018-7493 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Apple macOS. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-03-05.
How severe is CVE-2018-7493?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.