VDB-116273 · CVE-2018-10170 · Qualys 370910

NordVPN up to 6.12.7.0 on Windows nordvpn-service access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in NordVPN up to 6.12.7.0 on Windows and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component nordvpn-service. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2018-10170. The attack must be carried out locally. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in NordVPN up to 6.12.7.0 on Windows (Network Encryption Software). This issue affects an unknown part of the component nordvpn-service. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

NordVPN 6.12.7.0 for Windows suffers from a SYSTEM privilege escalation vulnerability through the "nordvpn-service" service. This service establishes an NetNamedPipe endpoint that allows arbitrary installed applications to connect and call publicly exposed methods. The "Connect" method accepts a class instance argument that provides attacker control of the OpenVPN command line. An attacker can 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 user.

The bug was discovered 08/30/2018. The weakness was presented 04/16/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2018-10170 since 04/16/2018. An attack has to be approached locally. A simple authentication is necessary for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 370910 (NordVPN Privilege Escalation Vulnerability).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Timelineinfo

04/16/2018 🔍
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04/17/2018 +1 days 🔍
08/30/2018 +135 days 🔍
01/25/2020 +513 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: github.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2018-10170 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-10170
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-116273

Entryinfo

Created: 04/17/2018 09:50
Updated: 01/25/2020 15:11
Changes: 04/17/2018 09:50 (58), 01/25/2020 15:11 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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