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CVE-2018-18860

HighPublished

A local privilege escalation vulnerability has been identified in the SwitchVPN client 2.1012.03 for macOS. Due to over-permissive configuration settings...

Published: Nov 30, 2018
Updated: Aug 5, 2024
Assigning CNA: mitre
Evidence observed: Nov 14, 2018

Primary CVSS

7.8/ 10High

nvd · CVSS 3.0

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS probability estimate

1.1%

Low · next 30 days

Percentile: 63.4%
Model date: Sep 21, 2026

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Summary

A local privilege escalation vulnerability has been identified in the SwitchVPN client 2.1012.03 for macOS. Due to over-permissive configuration settings and a SUID binary, an attacker is able to execute arbitrary binaries as root.

Sources

SwitchVPN for macOS 2.1012.03 - Privilege EscalationExploit
Bernd Leitner · macos · Nov 14, 2018

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