What is CVE-2018-10647?

CVE-2018-10647 is a high-severity vulnerability in Safervpn, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-05-02.

How severe is CVE-2018-10647?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Safervpn

CVE-2018-10647

SaferVPN 4.2.5 for Windows suffers from a SYSTEM privilege escalation vulnerability in its "SaferVPN.Service" service. The "SaferVPN.Service" service executes "openvpn.exe" using OpenVPN config files located within the current user's %LOCALAPPDATA%\SaferVPN\OvpnConfig directory. An authenticated attacker may modify these configuration files to 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: 0.004 (27.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Safervpn — versions 4.2.5
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-732 — Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-10647?: CVE-2018-10647 is a high-severity vulnerability in Safervpn, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-05-02.
How severe is CVE-2018-10647?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.