CVE-2020-27518 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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.

Published: 2021-05-04

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:windscribe:windscribe::::::macos::*
	cpe:2.3:a:windscribe:windscribe::::::windows::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2020-20028	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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00044.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://windscribe.com
https://jeffs.sh/CVEs/CVE-2020-27518.txt

History

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Subscriptions

Windscribe Windscribe

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2021-05-04T13:46:07.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T16:18:44.534Z

Reserved: 2020-10-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-27518

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

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

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:21:18.693

Link: CVE-2020-27518

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-269

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