CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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8.3 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability was found in Shimo VPN 4.1.5.1 (Network Encryption Software). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the component Helper Service. The manipulation as part of a Argument leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-264. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
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.
The bug was discovered 04/15/2019. The weakness was published 04/15/2019. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2018-4008 since 01/02/2018. An attack has to be approached locally. Required for exploitation is a single authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
Similar entry is available at 133406.
Product
Type
Vendor
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Version
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.3
VulDB Base Score: 7.8
VulDB Temp Score: 7.8
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍
NVD Base Score: 7.8
NVD Vector: 🔍
CNA Base Score: 9.3
CNA Vector (Talos): 🔍
CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: Access controlCWE: CWE-264
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍
Local: Yes
Remote: No
Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: no mitigation knownStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
01/02/2018 🔍04/15/2019 🔍
04/15/2019 🔍
04/16/2019 🔍
08/29/2023 🔍
Sources
Advisory: talosintelligence.comStatus: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2018-4008 (🔍)
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Entry
Created: 04/16/2019 10:23Updated: 08/29/2023 09:41
Changes: 04/16/2019 10:23 (55), 05/29/2020 17:44 (1), 08/29/2023 09:38 (3), 08/29/2023 09:41 (12)
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