Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Shimo VPN Helper Service

Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Shimo VPN Helper Service

CVE-2018-4009 · HIGH Severity

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

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.

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