CVE-2019-12174 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in hide.me VPN for macOS, specifically affecting versions prior to 2.4.4. An attacker can exploit a flaw in the me.hide.vpnhelper tool's connectWithExecutablePath:configFilePath:configFileName method to execute arbitrary applications with root privileges. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2.4.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:hide:hide.me:*:*:*:*:*:macos:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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