Description
hide.me before 2.4.4 on macOS suffers from a privilege escalation vulnerability in the connectWithExecutablePath:configFilePath:configFileName method of the me_hide_vpnhelper.Helper class in the me.hide.vpnhelper macOS privilege helper tool. This method takes user-supplied input and can be used to escalate privileges, as well as obtain the ability to run any application on the system in the root context.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1TwbjmE45gnWeYpFyH8kDU63P7u4IdPd2
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0043
EPSS Percentile
34.2%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-306
Status
published
Products (1)
hide/hide.me
< 2.4.4
Published
Jul 08, 2019
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026