PT-2018-17997 · Cactusvpn · Cactusvpn

Benjamin Watson + 1 · Published 2018-02-21 · Updated 2020-05-04 · CVE-2018-7281

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.0

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions CactusVPN version 5.3.6

Description The issue concerns a root privilege escalation through a setuid root binary called runme. This binary accepts a command line argument and passes it to a system() call, allowing low-privileged users to execute commands as root.

Recommendations For CactusVPN version 5.3.6, consider restricting access to the runme binary to prevent low-privileged users from executing commands as root until a patch is available.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-7281

Affected Products

Cactusvpn

References · 3

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7281 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-7281 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/VerSprite/research/blob/master/advisories/VS-2018-003.md · Note