{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-7716 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2018-7716 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2018-7716 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."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2018-7716 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2018-7716 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.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-7716 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-7716/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-7716/index.md)","id":"CVE-2018-7716","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-7716/index.md","name":"CVE-2018-7716","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-fr2c-mhmr-h98g"],"analysis":{"component_type":"desktop_application","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["privilege_escalation","code_execution"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"macOS VPN client","requires_auth":"none","summary":"A local attacker can escalate privileges to root by sending a malicious XPC message to the PrivateVPN helper tool to load a controlled OpenVPN plugin.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"privilege_escalation"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"mitre","cpe":[{"product":"privatevpn","vendor":"privatevpn"}],"cvss":{"score":9.8,"severity":"critical","source":"nvd","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.0"},"cwes":[],"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 config string from the corresponding XPC message. This string is supposed to point to an internal OpenVPN configuration file. If a new connection has not already been established, an attacker can send the XPC service a malicious XPC message with the config string pointing at an OpenVPN configuration file that he or she controls. In the configuration file, an attacker can specify a dynamic library plugin that should run for every new VPN connection. This plugin will execute code in the context of the root user.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Privilege escalation in n/a","id":"CVE-2018-7716","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"privilege_escalation","year":"2018"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"Cross-site scripting in n/a","id":"CVE-2018-7717"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Privilege escalation in n/a","id":"CVE-2018-7715"},"products":["n/a"],"published":"2018-03-05","related":[{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Privilege escalation in n/a","id":"CVE-2018-7715","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2018-03-05"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Privilege escalation in n/a","id":"CVE-2018-7311","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2018-02-21"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-09-16","vendors":["n/a"]},"summary":"A local attacker can escalate privileges to root by sending a malicious XPC message to the PrivateVPN helper tool to load a controlled OpenVPN plugin.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-7716/"}