CVE-2018-7281 describes a root privilege escalation vulnerability in CactusVPN 5.3.6 for macOS. A setuid root binary, 'runme', insecurely passes a command-line argument to a system() call, allowing low-privileged users to execute arbitrary commands as root. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a significant impact with high confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.3.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cactusvpn:cactusvpn:5.3.6:*:*:*:*:macos:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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