CVE-2018-6823 (GCVE-0-2018-6823)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-02-07 16:00 – Updated: 2024-09-17 01:10
VLAI
Summary
In the VPN client in Mailbutler Shimo before 4.1.5.1 on macOS, the com.feingeist.shimo.helper tool LaunchDaemon implements an unprotected XPC service that can be abused to execute scripts as root.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
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