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CVE-2018-18857

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-18857 describes multiple local privilege escalation vulnerabilities in the LiquidVPN client for macOS, specifically versions through 1.37. An attacker can exploit an unprotected XPC service to execute arbitrary OS commands as root or load malicious kernel extensions. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.8 (HIGH), indicating a low attack complexity and the potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the KEV or Hot List, an exploit (EDB-45782) is publicly available, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.37CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:liquidvpn:liquidvpn:*:*:*:*:*:macos:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.60%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
73.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-45782 · Nov 5, 2018
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0160 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 16,994 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

packetstormsecurity.com / files/150137/LiquidVPN-For-macOS-1.3.7-Privilege-Escalation.html
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2018/Nov/1
ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/45782
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry