# CVE-2019-12174: hide.me before 2.4.4 on macOS suffers from a privilege escalation vulnerability in the connectWithExecutablePath:configFilePath:configFileNa

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2019-07-08 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

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.

## What to do

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## References

- https://drive.google.com/open?id=1TwbjmE45gnWeYpFyH8kDU63P7u4IdPd2

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