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TI-2019-09092 Aliases CVE-2019-12174GHSA-77qr-3c92-9xhq

hide.me before 2.4.4 on macOS suffers from a privilege escalation vulnerability in the…

Priority LOW 34CWE-306Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-306.

Summary

hide.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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00427 37th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:hide:hide.me:*:*:*:*:*:macos:*:*before 2.4.4VulnerableHide
  • cpe:2.3:a:hide:hide.me:*:*:*:*:*:macos:*:* Versions before 2.4.4 Vulnerable ·Hide

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-12174
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-77qr-3c92-9xhq

References

Exploit 1

Sources

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