CVE-2018-7281

High

Description

CactusVPN 5.3.6 for macOS contains a root privilege escalation vulnerability through a setuid root binary called runme. The binary takes a single command line argument and passes this argument to a system() call, thus allowing low privileged users to execute commands as root.

SeverityHigh
CVSS8.8
Exploit probability—
ProductCactusvpn
PublishedFeb 21, 2018
First seenFeb 21, 2018

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
cactusvpn cactusvpn5.3.6—

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