Vulnerability in Nordvpn
CVE-2018-10170
NordVPN 6.12.7.0 for Windows suffers from a SYSTEM privilege escalation vulnerability through the "nordvpn-service" service. This service establishes an NetNamedPipe endpoint that allows arbitrary installed applications to connect and call publicly exposed methods. The "Connect" method accepts a class instance argument that provides attacker control of the OpenVPN command line. An attacker can specify a dynamic library plugin that should run for every new VPN connection attempt. This plugin will execute code in the context of the SYSTEM user.
EPSS: 0.027 (84.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Nordvpn — versions 6.12.7.0
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-10170?
- CVE-2018-10170 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Nordvpn, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-04-16.
- How severe is CVE-2018-10170?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.