CVE-2023-36673
The VPN client insecurely configures the operating system such that all IP traffic to the VPN server's IP address is sent in plaintext outside the VPN tunnel, even if this traffic is not generated by the VPN client, while simultaneously using plaintext…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.53%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
An issue was discovered in Avira Phantom VPN through 2.23.1 for macOS. The VPN client insecurely configures the operating system such that all IP traffic to the VPN server's IP address is sent in plaintext outside the VPN tunnel, even if this traffic is not generated by the VPN client, while simultaneously using plaintext DNS to look up the VPN server's IP address. This allows an adversary to trick the victim into sending traffic to arbitrary IP addresses in plaintext outside the VPN tunnel. NOTE: the tunnelcrack.mathyvanhoef.com website uses this CVE ID to refer more generally to "ServerIP attack, combined with DNS spoofing, that can leak traffic to an arbitrary IP address" rather than to only Avira Phantom VPN.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.3 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.53% probability · 43th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-319
- Affected
- avira/phantom vpn
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2023-0015
- https://tunnelcrack.mathyvanhoef.com/details.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.avira.com/en/free-vpnProduct
- https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2023-0015
- https://tunnelcrack.mathyvanhoef.com/details.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.avira.com/en/free-vpnProduct
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.