CVE-2024-4877 (GCVE-0-2024-4877)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-04-03 15:11 – Updated: 2025-04-04 13:25
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
OpenVPN version 2.4.0 through 2.6.10 on Windows allows an external, lesser privileged process to create a named pipe which the OpenVPN GUI component would connect to allowing it to escalate its privileges
Severity
8.8 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-04-04 13:23 UTC
CWE
- CWE-268 - Privilege Chaining
Assigner
References
Impacted products
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