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Case File

CVE-2018-4009

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 0.44% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2019-04-15 · Last synced 2026-08-04

Field Assessment

AI analysis pending.

Exhibit — Public Exploit Signal

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

Detected Signals
exploit

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CVE
CVE-2018-4009
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.8
EPSS
0.44%

Original Filing — NVD Description

An exploitable privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the Shimo VPN helper service due to improper validation of code signing. 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 successfully exploit this bug.