TI-2018-05402 Aliases CVE-2018-7493 GHSA-9f47-mv8c-4v27

CactusVPN through 6.0 for macOS suffers from a root privilege escalation vulnerability in…

MEDIUM 46Published 2018-03-05 · Updated 2024-08-05

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: —
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · High
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

CactusVPN through 6.0 for macOS suffers from a root privilege escalation vulnerability in its privileged helper tool. The privileged helper tool implements an XPC interface, which allows arbitrary applications to execute system commands as root.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01797 78th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:cactusvpn:cactusvpn::::::::	up to 6.0	Vulnerable	Cactusvpn
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos::::::::	all versions	Running on	Apple

cpe:2.3:a:cactusvpn:cactusvpn:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 6.0 Vulnerable ·Cactusvpn
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Running on ·Apple

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-7493
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9f47-mv8c-4v27

References

Advisory 1

https://github.com/VerSprite/research/blob/master/advisories/VS-2018-007.md

TI-2018-05281 CactusVPN 5.3.6 for macOS contains a root privilege escalation vulnerability through a… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8

Sources

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