CVEvulnerability
CVE-2014-5455
5.3 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2014-08-25
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
- 5.3 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.9 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-428
Description
Unquoted Windows search path vulnerability in the ptservice service prior to PrivateTunnel version 3.0 (Windows) and OpenVPN Connect version 3.1 (Windows) allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted program.exe file in the %SYSTEMDRIVE% folder.
Affected configurations
• openvpn openvpn 2.1.28.0
• privatetunnel privatetunnel 2.3.8
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-428 Unquoted Search Path or Element weakness
References
- http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/109007 Broken Link
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/127439/OpenVPN-Private-Tunnel-Privilege-Escalation.html Exploit
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/34037 Exploit
- http://www.zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2014-5192.php Exploit
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelist/pull/3909 github.com
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelist/pull/3909/commits/ace34f1cf94602f31760d3eb7ae68e17df8f914d github.com
- https://h20566.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05325943 Third Party Advisory
- http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/109007 Broken Link
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/127439/OpenVPN-Private-Tunnel-Privilege-Escalation.html Exploit
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/34037 Exploit
- http://www.zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2014-5192.php Exploit
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelist/pull/3909 github.com
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelist/pull/3909/commits/ace34f1cf94602f31760d3eb7ae68e17df8f914d github.com
- https://h20566.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05325943 Third Party Advisory