VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2023-50446
Insufficient permissions on a directory allow any local unprivileged user to escalate privileges to SYSTEM.
HIGH 7.8EPSS 0.24%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.24%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
An issue was discovered in Mullvad VPN Windows app before 2023.6-beta1. Insufficient permissions on a directory allow any local unprivileged user to escalate privileges to SYSTEM.
- 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
- 0.24% probability · 16th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-732
- Affected
- mullvad/mullvad vpn
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://github.com/mullvad/mullvadvpn-app/pull/5398Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/mullvad/mullvadvpn-app/releases/tag/2023.6Release Notes
- https://github.com/mullvad/mullvadvpn-app/releases/tag/2023.6-beta1Release Notes
- https://github.com/mullvad/mullvadvpn-app/pull/5398Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/mullvad/mullvadvpn-app/releases/tag/2023.6Release Notes
- https://github.com/mullvad/mullvadvpn-app/releases/tag/2023.6-beta1Release Notes
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.