CVE-2017-20112
A vulnerability has been found in IVPN Client 2.6.6120.33863 and classified as critical.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.39%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
A vulnerability has been found in IVPN Client 2.6.6120.33863 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation of the argument --up cmd leads to improper privilege management. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. Upgrading to version 2.6.2 is able to address this issue. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.39% probability · 32th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-269
- Affected
- ivpn/ivpn
- Source
- cna@vuldb.com
References
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Feb/14Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/kacperszurek/exploits/blob/master/IVPN/ivpn_privilege_escalation.pyExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://vuldb.com/?id.96655Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Feb/14Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/kacperszurek/exploits/blob/master/IVPN/ivpn_privilege_escalation.pyExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://vuldb.com/?id.96655Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.