CVE-2018-4009 is a high-severity privilege escalation vulnerability affecting the Shimo VPN helper service. It allows a local attacker to gain root privileges due to improper code signing validation. The CVSS score is 7.8, indicating a low attack complexity and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| 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:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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