VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2018-4004

CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.38%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2019-04-17
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

An exploitable privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the Shimo VPN 4.1.5.1 helper service in the disconnectService functionality. A non-root user is able to kill any privileged process on the system. An attacker would need local access to the machine for a successful exploit.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

Primary references