{"id":"CVE-2020-25989","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2020-25989","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T22:32:10.244Z","title":"Privilege escalation via arbitrary file write in pritunl electron client 1.0.1116.6 through v1.2.2550.20.","description":"Privilege escalation via arbitrary file write in pritunl electron client 1.0.1116.6 through v1.2.2550.20. Successful exploitation of the issue may allow an attacker to execute code on the effected system with root privileges.","published":"2020-11-19T21:15:12.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T03:07:29.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-59"],"affected":["pritunl/pritunl-client-electron"],"epss":{"score":0.00772,"percentile":0.55407,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.77%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/pritunl/pritunl-client-electron/commit/89f8c997c6f93e724f68f76f7f47f8891d9acc2d","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://vkas-afk.github.io/vuln-disclosures/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/pritunl/pritunl-client-electron/commit/89f8c997c6f93e724f68f76f7f47f8891d9acc2d","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://vkas-afk.github.io/vuln-disclosures/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-25989","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}