CVE-2018-4006

HIGH

Shimo VPN 4.1.5.1 - Privilege Escalation via writeConfig Functionality

Title source: llm

Description

An exploitable privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the Shimo VPN 4.1.5.1 helper service in the writeConfig functionality. A non-root user is able to write a file anywhere on the system. 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 exploit it successfully.

References (1)

Core 1

Core References

Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc

https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0675

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8

EPSS 0.0068

EPSS Percentile 47.9%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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