CVE-2018-18860 Privilege escalation in n/a
A local attacker can execute arbitrary binaries as root on macOS due to over-permissive settings and a SUID binary in the SwitchVPN client.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2018-18860?
CVE-2018-18860 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 30 Nov 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A local privilege escalation vulnerability has been identified in the SwitchVPN client 2.1012.03 for macOS. Due to over-permissive configuration settings and a SUID binary, an attacker is able to execute arbitrary binaries as root.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-18860?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Switchvpn Switchvpn.
How do I fix CVE-2018-18860?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-18860 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2018-18860 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-18860 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-2cj6-g7fv-hq3m.