7.8
HIGH
CVE-2020-27519
Pritunl Client OpenVPN Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Description

Pritunl Client v1.2.2550.20 contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the pritunl-service component. The attack vector is: malicious openvpn config. A local attacker could leverage the log and log-append along with log injection to create or append to privileged script files and execute code as root/SYSTEM.

INFO

Published Date :

April 30, 2021, 2:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

May 11, 2021, 12:37 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2020-27519 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Pritunl pritunl-client-electron
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-2020-27519.

URL Resource
https://github.com/pritunl/pritunl-client-electron/commit/87ceeae9b8ee415541d7d71de10675e699a76e5e Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/pritunl/pritunl-client-electron/commit/87ceeae9b8ee415541d7d71de10675e699a76e5e#diff-5c6a264bee3576f2a147b8db70332e9a16dd43d073782cf6d32a372abb22b899 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/pritunl/pritunl-client-electron/commit/c0aeb159351e5e99d752c27b87133eca299bdfce Patch Third Party Advisory

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2020-27519 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.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    May. 11, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/pritunl/pritunl-client-electron/commit/87ceeae9b8ee415541d7d71de10675e699a76e5e No Types Assigned https://github.com/pritunl/pritunl-client-electron/commit/87ceeae9b8ee415541d7d71de10675e699a76e5e Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/pritunl/pritunl-client-electron/commit/87ceeae9b8ee415541d7d71de10675e699a76e5e#diff-5c6a264bee3576f2a147b8db70332e9a16dd43d073782cf6d32a372abb22b899 No Types Assigned https://github.com/pritunl/pritunl-client-electron/commit/87ceeae9b8ee415541d7d71de10675e699a76e5e#diff-5c6a264bee3576f2a147b8db70332e9a16dd43d073782cf6d32a372abb22b899 Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/pritunl/pritunl-client-electron/commit/c0aeb159351e5e99d752c27b87133eca299bdfce No Types Assigned https://github.com/pritunl/pritunl-client-electron/commit/c0aeb159351e5e99d752c27b87133eca299bdfce Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-269
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:pritunl:pritunl-client-electron:1.2.2550.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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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.

0.04 }} 0.00%

score

0.05635

percentile

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