01 Record
CVE-2018-6822
In PureVPN 6.0.1 on macOS, HelperTool LaunchDaemon implements an unprotected XPC service that can be abused to execute system commands as root.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
In PureVPN 6.0.1 on macOS, HelperTool LaunchDaemon implements an unprotected XPC service that can be abused to execute system commands as root.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.48% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 73.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2018-02-07 15:00Z8 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 06:10Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2018-02-07
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 8ec628025813607a220db68d8f01682d304e5030b6eaa2742c493601dac77819
05 Affected products
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