OpenVPN up to 2.6.11 on Windows GUI privilege chaining

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in OpenVPN up to 2.6.11 on Windows and classified as problematic. The affected element is an unknown function of the component GUI. Performing a manipulation results in privilege chaining. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-4877. The attack needs to be approached locally. There is no available exploit. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in OpenVPN up to 2.6.11 on Windows. It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown part of the component GUI. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privilege chaining vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-268. Two distinct privileges, roles, capabilities, or rights can be combined in a way that allows an entity to perform unsafe actions that would not be allowed without that combination. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

OpenVPN version 2.4.0 through 2.6.10 on Windows allows an external, lesser privileged process to create a named pipe which the OpenVPN GUI component would connect to allowing it to escalate its privileges

It is possible to read the advisory at community.openvpn.net. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-4877 since 05/14/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 2.6.11 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privilege chaining
CWE: CWE-268 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: OpenVPN 2.6.11

Timelineinfo

05/14/2024 🔍
04/03/2025 +324 days 🔍
04/03/2025 +0 days 🔍
02/03/2026 +306 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: community.openvpn.net
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-4877 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-4877
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-303243

Entryinfo

Created: 04/03/2025 17:42
Updated: 02/03/2026 14:01
Changes: 04/03/2025 17:42 (53), 02/03/2026 13:58 (2), 02/03/2026 14:01 (4)
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Committer: lywand
Cache ID: 216::103

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