This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Windscribe. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the configuration of OpenSSL. The product loads an OpenSSL configuration file from an unsecured location. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of SYSTEM. Was ZDI-CAN-16859.
References
Link Resource
https://windscribe.com/changelog/windows Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-1300/ Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: zdi

Published: 2023-01-26T00:00:00

Updated: 2023-01-26T00:00:00

Reserved: 2022-09-20T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2022-41141

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2023-01-26T18:59:53.780

Modified: 2023-02-03T19:44:56.937


Link: CVE-2022-41141

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