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CVE-2018-4008 Details

Description

An exploitable privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the Shimo VPN 4.1.5.1 helper service in the RunVpncScript command. The command takes a user-supplied script argument and executes it under root context. A user with local access can use this vulnerability to raise their privileges to root. An attacker would need local access to the machine to successfully exploit this bug.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.8 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CNA: [email protected]CVSS-B:9.3 CRITICALVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0677	CVE	ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0677	[email protected]	ExploitThird Party Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-269	Improper Privilege Management	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
shimovpn shimo vpn	4.1.5.1
CPE cpe:2.3:a:shimovpn:shimo_vpn:4.1.5.1:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Feb 2, 2023	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Apr 19, 2022	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 3, 2019	CWE Remap	[email protected]
Apr 16, 2019	Initial Analysis	[email protected]