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CVE-2019-12174

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Published: July 8, 2019 at 01:03 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:14 AM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorHide.me

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.4%

Description

hide.me before 2.4.4 on macOS suffers from a privilege escalation vulnerability in the connectWithExecutablePath:configFilePath:configFileName method of the me_hide_vpnhelper.Helper class in the me.hide.vpnhelper macOS privilege helper tool. This method takes user-supplied input and can be used to escalate privileges, as well as obtain the ability to run any application on the system in the root context.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

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95%

v < 2.4.4

Affected range stops below 2.4.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (1)

x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1TwbjmE45gnWeYpFyH8kDU63P7u4IdPd2

CVSS

7.2HIGH[email protected]

Confidentiality: COMPLETE
Integrity: COMPLETE
Availability: COMPLETE

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-306

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