CVE-2019-12174

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Summary

CVECVE-2019-12174
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-07-08 14:15:00 UTC
Updated2020-08-24 17:37:00 UTC
Descriptionhide.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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-306

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Hide Hide.me All All All All
Application Hide Hide.me All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
HideMe VPN Privilege Escalation Vulnerability Report.pdf - Google Drive MISC drive.google.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
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