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CVE-2018-4006

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 0.68% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2019-04-17 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

Detected Signals
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CVE
CVE-2018-4006
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.8
EPSS
0.68%

Original NVD Description

An exploitable privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the Shimo VPN 4.1.5.1 helper service in the writeConfig functionality. A non-root user is able to write a file anywhere on the system. 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 exploit it successfully.

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