CVEvulnerability

CVE-2020-27518

7.8 HIGH Published 2021-05-04 Modified 2026-07-09 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2021-05-04
Last modified
2026-07-09
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-269

Description

All versions of Windscribe VPN for Mac and Windows <= v2.02.10 contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the WindscribeService component. A low privilege user could leverage several openvpn options to execute code as root/SYSTEM.

Affected configurations

• windscribe windscribe (<= 2.02.10)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management weakness

References