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CVE-2018-7281

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Published: Feb 21, 2018Modified: Jun 17, 2026

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8.8
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploitability: 2.8 / Impact: 5.9
Source: NVD

Description

CactusVPN 5.3.6 for macOS contains a root privilege escalation vulnerability through a setuid root binary called runme. The binary takes a single command line argument and passes this argument to a system() call, thus allowing low privileged users to execute commands as root.

Affected (1)

Products: Cactusvpn: Cactusvpn
1 product
Cactusvpn
Configuration A
1 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Version 5.3.6

References (2)

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory

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