Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Shimo VPN 4.1.5.1 Helper Service

Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Shimo VPN 4.1.5.1 Helper Service

CVE-2018-4007 · HIGH Severity

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

An exploitable privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the Shimo VPN 4.1.5.1 helper service in the deleteConfig functionality. The program is able to delete any protected file on the system. An attacker would need local access to the machine to successfully exploit the bug.

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