High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Nov 30, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-18860
CVE-2018-18860
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.
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Affected products
2- Range: = 2.1012.03
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
3- packetstormsecurity.com/files/150323/SwitchVPN-For-MacOS-2.1012.03-Privilege-Escalation.htmlnvdExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Nov/38nvdExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45854/nvdExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
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