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.
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2022-10-03T16:22:15

Updated: 2022-10-03T16:22:15

Reserved: 2022-10-03T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2018-10204

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2018-04-18T21:29:00.343

Modified: 2019-10-03T00:03:26.223


Link: CVE-2018-10204

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