CVE-2018-4008 is a privilege escalation vulnerability affecting the Shimo VPN 4.1.5.1 helper service. It allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary scripts with root privileges by manipulating the RunVpncScript command. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.8 (HIGH), indicating a significant impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, with low attack complexity and requiring local user access. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding 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.