CVE-2018-4006 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Shimo VPN 4.1.5.1 helper service, specifically within its writeConfig functionality. This flaw allows a non-root user to write files to arbitrary locations on the system. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (HIGH), this vulnerability has a local attack vector and low attack complexity, enabling a local attacker to achieve root privileges, leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) or significant community discussion or media coverage has been observed for this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.1.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:shimovpn:shimo_vpn:4.1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
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 records are not available for this CVE.