PT-2021-11399 · Windscribe · Windscribe Vpn

Published 2021-05-04 · Updated 2021-05-11 · CVE-2020-27518

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Windscribe VPN for Mac and Windows versions <= 2.02.10

Description: The issue concerns a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the WindscribeService component. This vulnerability allows a low-privilege user to potentially execute code as root or SYSTEM by leveraging certain openvpn options.

Recommendations: For versions <= 2.02.10, update to a version higher than 2.02.10 to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

Improper Privilege Management

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-269

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-27518

Affected Products

Windscribe Vpn

References · 4

• 🔥 https://jeffs.sh/CVEs/CVE-2020-27518.txt · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-27518 · Security Note
• http://windscribe.com · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-27518 · Vendor Advisory