CVEvulnerability
CVE-2020-26050
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2021-01-12
- 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 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-427
Description
SaferVPN for Windows Ver 5.0.3.3 through 5.0.4.15 could allow local privilege escalation from low privileged users to SYSTEM via a crafted openssl configuration file. This issue is similar to CVE-2019-12572.
Affected configurations
• safervpn safervpn (>= 5.0.3.3 <= 5.0.4.15)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-427 Uncontrolled Search Path Element weakness
References
- https://thebinary0x1.medium.com/cve-2020-26050-safervpn-for-windows-local-privilege-escalation-da069bb1373c Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://vimeo.com/459654003 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.safervpn.com/blog/updates-to-the-safervpn-windows-application/ Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://thebinary0x1.medium.com/cve-2020-26050-safervpn-for-windows-local-privilege-escalation-da069bb1373c Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://vimeo.com/459654003 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.safervpn.com/blog/updates-to-the-safervpn-windows-application/ Release Notes, Vendor Advisory