Description
Viscosity 1.8.2 on Windows and macOS allows an unprivileged user to set a subset of OpenVPN parameters, which can be used to load a malicious library into the memory of the OpenVPN process, leading to limited local privilege escalation. (When a VPN connection is initiated using a TLS/SSL client profile, the privileges are dropped, and the library will be loaded, resulting in arbitrary code execution as a user with limited privileges. This greatly reduces the impact of the vulnerability.)
Published: 2020-01-14
Score: 7.8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-26427 Viscosity 1.8.2 on Windows and macOS allows an unprivileged user to set a subset of OpenVPN parameters, which can be used to load a malicious library into the memory of the OpenVPN process, leading to limited local privilege escalation. (When a VPN connection is initiated using a TLS/SSL client profile, the privileges are dropped, and the library will be loaded, resulting in arbitrary code execution as a user with limited privileges. This greatly reduces the impact of the vulnerability.)
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Apple Macos
Microsoft Windows
Sparklabs Viscosity
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-04T08:22:08.674Z

Reserved: 2020-01-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-5180

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Status : Modified

Published: 2020-01-14T19:15:13.530

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:33:38.120

Link: CVE-2020-5180

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