CVE-2018-7311 is a root privilege escalation vulnerability affecting PrivateVPN 2.0.31 for macOS. It allows a standard user to replace the openvpn binary, which is then executed with root privileges by a privileged helper tool when a new VPN connection is established. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH), indicating a severe impact with high confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise. Despite its high severity, there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.0.31CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:privatevpn:privatevpn:2.0.31:*:*:*:*: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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