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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: talos

Published: 2019-04-15T19:46:21

Updated: 2024-08-05T04:57:24.578Z

Reserved: 2018-01-02T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2018-4008

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2019-04-15T20:29:00.470

Modified: 2023-02-02T01:42:58.647

Link: CVE-2018-4008

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