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Case File

CVE-2018-8739

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8 EPSS 1.57% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2018-03-16 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

AI analysis pending.

Public Exploit Signal

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

GitHub PoC Links
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CVE
CVE-2018-8739
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS
9.8
EPSS
1.57%

Original NVD Description

VPN Unlimited 4.2.0 for macOS suffers from a root privilege escalation vulnerability in its privileged helper tool. The privileged helper tool implements an XPC interface, which allows arbitrary applications to execute system commands as root.