CVE-2018-10169
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CVE-2018-10169 is a vulnerability of currently unknown severity. ProtonVPN 1.3.3 for Windows suffers from a SYSTEM privilege escalation vulnerability through the "ProtonVPN Service" service. This service establishes an NetNamedPipe endpoint that allows arbitrary installed applications to connect and call publicly exposed methods. EPSS estimates a 2.54% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
ProtonVPN 1.3.3 for Windows suffers from a SYSTEM privilege escalation vulnerability through the "ProtonVPN Service" service. This service establishes an NetNamedPipe endpoint that allows arbitrary installed applications to connect and call publicly exposed methods. The "Connect" method accepts a class instance argument that provides attacker control of the OpenVPN command line. An attacker can specify a dynamic library plugin that should run for every new VPN connection. This plugin will execute code in the context of the SYSTEM user.
Metrics
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Protonmail | Protonvpn | 1.3.3 |
References
- https://github.com/VerSprite/research/blob/master/advisories/VS-2018-017.mdThird Party Advisory
- https://github.com/VerSprite/research/blob/master/advisories/VS-2018-017.mdThird Party Advisory
Timeline
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- Status
- Modified
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