CVE-2018-7493 is a critical root privilege escalation vulnerability affecting CactusVPN through version 6.0 for macOS. The flaw lies within the application's privileged helper tool, which improperly exposes an XPC interface allowing any application to execute system commands with root privileges. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 9.8, indicating a critical severity with network-based attack vector, low complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cactusvpn:cactusvpn:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.