CVE-2018-18860 EXPLOIT
7.8
HIGH · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 1.2% (pctl 67)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
A local privilege escalation vulnerability has been identified in the SwitchVPN client 2.1012.03 for macOS. Due to over-permissive configuration settings and a SUID binary, an attacker is able to execute arbitrary binaries as root.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.8 (HIGH, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 1.18% — more likely to be exploited than 67% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2018-11-30 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| switchvpn | switchvpn |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | SwitchVPN for macOS 2.1012.03 - Privilege Escalation | 2018-11-14 |
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/150323/SwitchVPN-For-MacOS-2.1012.03-Privilege-Escalation.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Nov/38
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45854/
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/150323/SwitchVPN-For-MacOS-2.1012.03-Privilege-Escalation.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Nov/38
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45854/
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