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
- Keepsolid Vpn_unlimited
- N/a — versions n/a
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
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.