CVEvulnerability

CVE-2021-3606

7.8 HIGH Published 2021-07-02 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2021-07-02
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.4 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-427

Description

OpenVPN before version 2.5.3 on Windows allows local users to load arbitrary dynamic loadable libraries via an OpenSSL configuration file if present, which allows the user to run arbitrary code with the same privilege level as the main OpenVPN process (openvpn.exe).

Affected configurations

• openvpn openvpn (< 2.5.3)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-427 Uncontrolled Search Path Element weakness

References