All versions of Windscribe VPN for Mac and Windows <= v2.02.10 contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the WindscribeService component. A low privilege user could leverage several openvpn options to execute code as root/SYSTEM.
References
Link Resource
http://windscribe.com Vendor Advisory
https://jeffs.sh/CVEs/CVE-2020-27518.txt Exploit Third Party Advisory
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2021-05-04T13:46:07

Updated: 2021-05-04T13:46:07

Reserved: 2020-10-21T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2020-27518

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2021-05-04T14:15:08.750

Modified: 2021-05-11T19:08:26.327


Link: CVE-2020-27518

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