CVE-2014-5455
PrivateTunnel Windows Unquoted Search Path Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Description
Unquoted Windows search path vulnerability in the ptservice service prior to PrivateTunnel version 3.0 (Windows) and OpenVPN Connect version 3.1 (Windows) allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted program.exe file in the %SYSTEMDRIVE% folder.
INFO
Published Date :
Aug. 25, 2014, 4:55 p.m.
Last Modified :
June 1, 2020, 3:15 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
10.0
Exploitability Score :
3.4
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github
CVE-2014-5455 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github.
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Unquoted Search Path or Element | Fixing Unquoted Service Paths Enumeration Vulnerability
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CVE-2014-5455 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jun. 01, 2020
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Description Unquoted Windows search path vulnerability in the ptservice service in PrivateTunnel 2.3.8, as bundled in OpenVPN 2.1.28.0 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted program.exe file in the %SYSTEMDRIVE% folder. Unquoted Windows search path vulnerability in the ptservice service prior to PrivateTunnel version 3.0 (Windows) and OpenVPN Connect version 3.1 (Windows) allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted program.exe file in the %SYSTEMDRIVE% folder. Added Reference https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelist/pull/3909 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelist/pull/3909/commits/ace34f1cf94602f31760d3eb7ae68e17df8f914d [No Types Assigned] -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Nov. 14, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Reference Type https://h20566.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05325943 No Types Assigned https://h20566.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05325943 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/109007 No Types Assigned http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/109007 Broken Link Added CWE CWE-428 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 09, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://h20566.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05325943 -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Aug. 26, 2014
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
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Exploit Prediction
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0.06 }} 0.00%
score
0.24693
percentile