CVE-2018-8739 describes a critical root privilege escalation vulnerability in VPN Unlimited 4.2.0 for macOS. The flaw resides in the application's privileged helper tool, which improperly exposes an XPC interface allowing any application to execute system commands with root privileges. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low complexity, enabling complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 4.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:keepsolid:vpn_unlimited:*:*:*:*:*:mac_os_x:*:* |
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.