CVE-2021-35523 (GCVE-0-2021-35523)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-06-28 16:51 – Updated: 2024-08-04 00:40
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Securepoint SSL VPN Client v2 before 2.0.32 on Windows has unsafe configuration handling that enables local privilege escalation to NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM. A non-privileged local user can modify the OpenVPN configuration stored under "%APPDATA%\Securepoint SSL VPN" and add a external script file that is executed as privileged user.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
4 references
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|---|---|
| https://github.com/Securepoint/openvpn-client/sec… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://bogner.sh/2021/04/local-privilege-escalat… | x_refsource_MISC |
| http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Jun/59 | mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC |
| http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163320/Secur… | x_refsource_MISC |
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