High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Apr 17, 2019· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-4005
CVE-2018-4005
Description
An exploitable privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the Shimo VPN 4.1.5.1 helper service in the configureRoutingWithCommand function. A user with local access can use this vulnerability to raise their privileges to root. An attacker would need local access to the machine for a successful exploit.
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References
1- talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0674nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
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