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CVE-2018-10204 Details

Description

PureVPN 6.0.1 for Windows suffers from a SYSTEM privilege escalation vulnerability in its "sevpnclient" service. When configured to use the OpenVPN protocol, the "sevpnclient" service executes "openvpn.exe" using the OpenVPN config file located at %PROGRAMDATA%\purevpn\config\config.ovpn. This file allows "Write" permissions to users in the "Everyone" group. An authenticated attacker may modify this file to specify a dynamic library plugin that should run for every new VPN connection attempt. This plugin will execute code in the context of the SYSTEM account.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:8.8 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://github.com/VerSprite/research/blob/master/advisories/VS-2018-021.md CVEThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/VerSprite/research/blob/master/advisories/VS-2018-021.md [email protected]Third Party Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-732Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
purevpn purevpn
6.0.1

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:purevpn:purevpn:6.0.1:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2018-10204
NVD Published Date:
Apr 18, 2018
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2018-10204 Details - Not Deferred