CVE-2021-3606 (GCVE-0-2021-3606)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-07-02 12:30 – Updated: 2024-08-03 17:01
VLAI?
Summary
OpenVPN before version 2.5.3 on Windows allows local users to load arbitrary dynamic loadable libraries via an OpenSSL configuration file if present, which allows the user to run arbitrary code with the same privilege level as the main OpenVPN process (openvpn.exe).
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • CWE-427 - Uncontrolled Search Path Element
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a OpenVPN-GUI Affected: 2.5.2 and prior releases
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