CVE-2018-7715 Privilege escalation in n/a
A local attacker can exploit an insecure XPC service in the PrivateVPN macOS helper tool to execute arbitrary code with root privileges.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2018-7715?
CVE-2018-7715 is a critical vulnerability in n/a, published on 5 Mar 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
PrivateVPN 2.0.31 for macOS suffers from a root privilege escalation vulnerability with its com.privat.vpn.helper privileged helper tool. This privileged helper tool implements an XPC service that allows arbitrary installed applications to connect and send messages. The XPC service extracts the path string from the corresponding XPC message. This string is supposed to point to PrivateVPN's internal openvpn binary. If a new connection has not already been established, an attacker can send the XPC service a malicious XPC message with the path string pointing at a binary that he or she controls. This results in the execution of arbitrary code as the root user.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-7715?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Privatevpn Privatevpn.
How do I fix CVE-2018-7715?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-7715 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2018-7715 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-7715 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-rgw7-x8vf-5xc5.