Description
CactusVPN through 6.0 for macOS suffers from a root privilege escalation vulnerability in its privileged helper tool. The privileged helper tool implements an XPC interface, which allows arbitrary applications to execute system commands as root.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/VerSprite/research/blob/master/advisories/VS-2018-007.md
Scores
CVSS v3
9.8
EPSS
0.0034
EPSS Percentile
56.6%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
Status
published
Products (1)
cactusvpn/cactusvpn
< 6.0
Published
Mar 05, 2018
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026