CVE-2018-18860

HIGH 7.8CVE-2018-18860 · Published 30/11/2018 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2018-18860 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability affecting switchvpn (switchvpn).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.2%, higher than 68.0% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
switchvpn switchvpn	`= 2.1012.03`	No fix yet

Description

A local privilege escalation vulnerability has been identified in the SwitchVPN client 2.1012.03 for macOS. Due to over-permissive configuration settings and a SUID binary, an attacker is able to execute arbitrary binaries as root.

References

packetstormsecurity.com/files/150323/SwitchVPN-For-MacOS-2.1012.03-Privilege-Escalation.html · Exploit
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Nov/38 · Exploit
exploit-db.com/exploits/45854 · Exploit

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