Vulnerability in Keepsolid Vpn Unlimited

CVE-2018-8739

VPN Unlimited 4.2.0 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: 0.016 (72.8th 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

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-8739?
CVE-2018-8739 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Keepsolid Vpn Unlimited. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-03-16.
How severe is CVE-2018-8739?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-8739 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.