CVE-2018-6623

HIGH

Hola VPN 1.79.859 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Write via Service Permissions

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

An issue was discovered in Hola 1.79.859. An unprivileged user could modify or overwrite the executable with arbitrary code, which would be executed the next time the service is started. Depending on the user that the service runs as, this could result in privilege escalation. The issue exists because of the SERVICE_ALL_ACCESS access right for the hola_svc and hola_updater services.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_fulldisc
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Mar/23

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.0087
EPSS Percentile 54.1%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-732
Status published
Products (1)
hola/vpn 1.79.859
Published Mar 12, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026