VDB-116570 · CVE-2018-10204 · GCVE-0-2018-10204

PureVPN 6.0.1 on Windows sevpnclient openvpn.exe access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in PureVPN 6.0.1 on Windows. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file openvpn.exe of the component sevpnclient. Such manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2018-10204. The attack can only be performed from a local environment. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in PureVPN 6.0.1 on Windows. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the file openvpn.exe of the component sevpnclient. 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. CVE summarizes:

PureVPN 6.0.1 for Windows suffers from a SYSTEM privilege escalation vulnerability in its "sevpnclient" service. When configured to use the OpenVPN protocol, the "sevpnclient" service executes "openvpn.exe" using the OpenVPN config file located at %PROGRAMDATA%\purevpn\config\config.ovpn. This file allows "Write" permissions to users in the "Everyone" group. An authenticated attacker may modify this file to 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 account.

The bug was discovered 04/19/2018. The weakness was published 04/18/2018 (Website). The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2018-10204 since 04/18/2018. Local access is required to approach this attack. Required for exploitation is a simple authentication. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

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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Productinfo

Name

PureVPN

Version

6.0.1

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.1
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.1

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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NVD Base Score: 8.8
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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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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

04/18/2018 🔍
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04/19/2018 +1 days 🔍
04/19/2018 +0 days 🔍
01/27/2020 +648 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: github.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2018-10204 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-10204
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-116570

Entryinfo

Created: 04/19/2018 23:03
Updated: 01/27/2020 17:13
Changes: 04/19/2018 23:03 (56), 01/27/2020 17:13 (1)
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