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.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-19015 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.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T06:24:11.810Z

Reserved: 2018-02-21T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2018-7281

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-02-21T22:29:00.267

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:11:56.003

Link: CVE-2018-7281

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