CVE-2018-11479
Windscribe OpenVPN Elevation of Privilege
Description
The VPN component in Windscribe 1.81 uses the OpenVPN client for connections. Also, it creates a WindScribeService.exe system process that establishes a \\.\pipe\WindscribeService named pipe endpoint that allows the Windscribe VPN process to connect and execute an OpenVPN process or other processes (like taskkill, etc.). There is no validation of the program name before constructing the lpCommandLine argument for a CreateProcess call. An attacker can run any malicious process with SYSTEM privileges through this named pipe.
INFO
Published Date :
May 25, 2018, 7:29 p.m.
Last Modified :
Feb. 5, 2020, 9:15 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
5.9
Exploitability Score :
1.8
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Feb. 05, 2020
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156222/Windscribe-WindscribeService-Named-Pipe-Privilege-Escalation.html [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Jun. 26, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Changed Reference Type http://sqlulz.blogspot.com/2018/05/windscribe-vpn-privilege-escalation.html No Types Assigned http://sqlulz.blogspot.com/2018/05/windscribe-vpn-privilege-escalation.html Third Party Advisory Added CWE CWE-20 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:windscribe:windscribe:1.81:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
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Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.18 }} -0.02%
score
0.53646
percentile