CVE-2018-8739
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Published: March 16, 2018 at 06:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:05 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorVPN Unlimited
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
VPN Unlimited 4.2.0 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
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 4.2.0
Affected range stops below 4.2.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (1)
x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/VerSprite/research/blob/master/advisories/VS-2018-014.mdQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-noinfo
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