CVEvulnerability
CVE-2021-35523
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2021-06-28
- 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-269
Description
Securepoint SSL VPN Client v2 before 2.0.32 on Windows has unsafe configuration handling that enables local privilege escalation to NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM. A non-privileged local user can modify the OpenVPN configuration stored under "%APPDATA%\Securepoint SSL VPN" and add a external script file that is executed as privileged user.
Affected configurations
• securepoint openvpn-client (>= 2.0.15 < 2.0.32)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management weakness
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163320/Securepoint-SSL-VPN-Client-2.0.30-Local-Privilege-Escalation.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Jun/59 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://bogner.sh/2021/04/local-privilege-escalation-in-securepoint-ssl-vpn-client-2-0-30/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/Securepoint/openvpn-client/security/advisories/GHSA-v8p8-4w8f-qh34 Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163320/Securepoint-SSL-VPN-Client-2.0.30-Local-Privilege-Escalation.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Jun/59 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://bogner.sh/2021/04/local-privilege-escalation-in-securepoint-ssl-vpn-client-2-0-30/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/Securepoint/openvpn-client/security/advisories/GHSA-v8p8-4w8f-qh34 Third Party Advisory