CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-20112
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2022-06-29
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-269
Description
A vulnerability has been found in IVPN Client 2.6.6120.33863 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation of the argument --up cmd leads to improper privilege management. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. Upgrading to version 2.6.2 is able to address this issue. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.
Affected configurations
• ivpn ivpn 2.6.6120.33863
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management weakness
References
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Feb/14 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/kacperszurek/exploits/blob/master/IVPN/ivpn_privilege_escalation.py Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://vuldb.com/?id.96655 Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Feb/14 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/kacperszurek/exploits/blob/master/IVPN/ivpn_privilege_escalation.py Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://vuldb.com/?id.96655 Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory