CVE-2018-4008
CVSS V2 High 7.2
CVSS V3 High 7.8
Description
An exploitable privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the Shimo VPN 4.1.5.1 helper service in the RunVpncScript command. The command takes a user-supplied script argument and executes it under root context. A user with local access can use this vulnerability to raise their privileges to root. An attacker would need local access to the machine to successfully exploit this bug.
Overview
- CVE ID
- CVE-2018-4008
- Assigner
- talos-cna@cisco.com
- Vulnerability Status
- Analyzed
- Published Version
- 2019-04-15T20:29:00
- Last Modified Date
- 2023-02-02T01:42:58
Weakness Enumerations
CPE Configuration (Product)
| CPE | Vulnerable | Operator | Version Start | Version End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:shimovpn:shimo_vpn:4.1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR |
CVSS Version 2
- Version
- 2.0
- Vector String
- AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Access Vector
- LOCAL
- Access Compatibility
- LOW
- Authentication
- NONE
- Confidentiality Impact
- COMPLETE
- Integrity Impact
- COMPLETE
- Availability Impact
- COMPLETE
- Base Score
- 7.2
- Severity
- HIGH
- Exploitability Score
- 3.9
- Impact Score
- 10
CVSS Version 3
- Version
- 3.0
- Vector String
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Attack Compatibility
- LOW
- Privileges Required
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality Impact
- HIGH
- Availability Impact
- HIGH
- Base Score
- 7.8
- Base Severity
- HIGH
- Exploitability Score
- 1.8
- Impact Score
- 5.9
References
| Reference URL | Reference Tags |
|---|---|
| https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0677 | Third Party Advisory |
Sources
| Source Name | Source URL |
|---|---|
| NIST | https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-4008 |
| MITRE | https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-4008 |
History
| Created | Old Value | New Value | Data Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-04-20 17:01:18 | Added to TrackCVE | |||
| 2022-12-03 19:37:03 | 2019-04-15T20:29Z | 2019-04-15T20:29:00 | CVE Published Date | updated |
| 2022-12-03 19:37:03 | 2022-04-19T18:15:44 | CVE Modified Date | updated | |
| 2022-12-03 19:37:03 | Undergoing Analysis | Vulnerability Status | updated | |
| 2023-02-02 02:08:21 | 2023-02-02T01:42:58 | CVE Modified Date | updated | |
| 2023-02-02 02:08:21 | Undergoing Analysis | Analyzed | Vulnerability Status | updated |