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CVE-2018-7281 Details

Description

CactusVPN 5.3.6 for macOS contains a root privilege escalation vulnerability through a setuid root binary called runme. The binary takes a single command line argument and passes this argument to a system() call, thus allowing low privileged users to execute commands as root.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:8.8 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://github.com/VerSprite/research/blob/master/advisories/VS-2018-003.md CVEThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/VerSprite/research/blob/master/advisories/VS-2018-003.md [email protected]Third Party Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
NVD-CWE-noinfoInsufficient Information to Classify Weakness[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
cactusvpn cactusvpn
5.3.6

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:cactusvpn:cactusvpn:5.3.6:*:*:*:*:macos:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2018-7281
NVD Published Date:
Feb 21, 2018
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2018-7281 Details - Not Deferred