CVE-2019-12174 Privilege escalation in n/a
A local attacker can escalate privileges to root and execute arbitrary code via the hide.me VPN helper tool on macOS.
- 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-2019-12174?
CVE-2019-12174 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 8 Jul 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-306
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-12174?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Hide Hide.me.
How do I fix CVE-2019-12174?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-12174 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2019-12174 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-12174 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-77qr-3c92-9xhq.