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CVE-2018-6822

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-02-07 · updated 2026-06-17

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.

Affected products

• PureVPN: before 6.0.1 — fixed in 6.0.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: PureVPN 6.0.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/VerSprite/research/blob/master/advisories/VS-2018-002.md
• https://github.com/VerSprite/research/blob/master/advisories/VS-2018-002.md

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