CVE-2018-4005: Shimovpn Shimo VPN

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An exploitable privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the Shimo VPN 4.1.5.1 helper service in the configureRoutingWithCommand function. A user with local access can use this vulnerability to raise their privileges to root. An attacker would need local access to the machine for a successful exploit.

Affected products

• Shimovpn Shimo VPN: version 4.1.5.1 only

Published 2019-04-17. Last modified 2026-06-17.