Description (CNA)
An exploitable privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the Shimo VPN 4.1.5.1 helper service in the writeConfig functionality. A non-root user is able to write a file anywhere on the system. A user with local access can use this vulnerability to raise their privileges to root. An attacker would need local access to the machine to exploit it successfully.
Affected (CNA)
| Vendor / product | Versions |
|---|---|
| n/a / Shimo VPN | affected Shimo VPN 4.1.5.1 |
CWE
No CWE identifiers supplied.
References
ADP enrichment
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