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CVE-2018-10204

Published: 2018-04-18T21:29Z
Last Modified: 2024-11-21T03:41Z
Source: MITRE CVE List
License: MITRE-CVE-TOS
PureVPN 6.0.1 for Windows suffers from a SYSTEM privilege escalation vulnerability in its "sevpnclient" service. When configured to use the OpenVPN protocol, the "sevpnclient" service executes "openvpn.exe" using the OpenVPN config file located at %PROGRAMDATA%\purevpn\config\config.ovpn. This file allows "Write" permissions to users in the "Everyone" group. An authenticated attacker may modify this file to specify a dynamic library plugin that should run for every new VPN connection attempt. This plugin will execute code in the context of the SYSTEM account. > MITRE Terms of Use apply – see LICENSE‑MITRE.txt