CVE-2018-10204
PureVPN SYSTEM Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Description
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.
INFO
Published Date :
April 18, 2018, 9:29 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 21, 2024, 3:41 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
5.9
Exploitability Score :
2.8
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth
information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2018-10204.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/VerSprite/research/blob/master/advisories/VS-2018-021.md | Third Party Advisory |
| https://github.com/VerSprite/research/blob/master/advisories/VS-2018-021.md | Third Party Advisory |
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CWE Remap by [email protected]
Oct. 03, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CWE CWE-264 CWE-264 CWE-732 -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
May. 22, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C) Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Changed Reference Type https://github.com/VerSprite/research/blob/master/advisories/VS-2018-021.md No Types Assigned https://github.com/VerSprite/research/blob/master/advisories/VS-2018-021.md Third Party Advisory Added CWE CWE-264 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:purevpn:purevpn:6.0.1:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2018-10204 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2018-10204
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.12 }} 0.01%
score
0.45697
percentile