CVE-2018-6822 describes a critical vulnerability in PureVPN 6.0.1 on macOS, where an unprotected XPC service within the HelperTool LaunchDaemon allows for arbitrary system command execution with root privileges. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), indicating a network-exploitable flaw with low attack complexity and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 6.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:purevpn:purevpn:*:*:*:*:*:macos:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 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.