CVE-2018-18860 Information

Description

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.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/150323/SwitchVPN-For-MacOS-2.1012.03-Privilege-Escalation.html http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Nov/38 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45854/

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.8