CVE-2018-4004

MEDIUM

Shimo VPN 4.1.5.1 - Privilege Escalation via DisconnectService Helper

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

An exploitable privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the Shimo VPN 4.1.5.1 helper service in the disconnectService functionality. A non-root user is able to kill any privileged process on the system. An attacker would need local access to the machine for a successful exploit.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0673

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0038
EPSS Percentile 29.5%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (1)
shimovpn/shimo_vpn 4.1.5.1
Published Apr 17, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026