CRITICAL
CactusVPN through 6.0 for macOS suffers from a root privilege escalation vulnerability in its privileged helper tool
Published Mar 5, 2018
9.8
CRITICALCVSS 3.0
EPSS 1.80%
Description
CactusVPN through 6.0 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.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
9.8 CRITICAL NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High
10.0 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
1.80% 0.01797
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.01797
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.80% (0.01797) | 77.65th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.86% (0.01860) | 76.41th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.22% (0.00222) | 60.93th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 13, 2024 | 0.22% (0.00222) | 60.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.22% (0.00222) | 58.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 27.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 26.24th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 24.24th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 10.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 0.06% (0.00061) | 0.14th | v1 |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 0.06% (0.00061) | 0.00th | v1 |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (1)
- https://github.com/VerSprite/research/blob/master/advisories/VS-2018-007.md x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://github.com/VerSprite/research/blob/master/advisories/VS-2018-007.md | x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Mar 5, 2018
Updated Aug 5, 2024
Reserved Feb 26, 2018
Link CVE-2018-7493
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a