What is CVE-2020-25744?

CVE-2020-25744 is a high-severity vulnerability in Safervpn, classified under Improper Link Resolution Before File Access. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2020-09-18.

How severe is CVE-2020-25744?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.

Is CVE-2020-25744 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Safervpn

CVE-2020-25744

SaferVPN before 5.0.3.3 on Windows could allow low-privileged users to create or overwrite arbitrary files, which could cause a denial of service (DoS) condition, because a symlink from %LOCALAPPDATA%\SaferVPN\Log is followed.

EPSS: 0.014 (70.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Safervpn
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-59 — Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cvemon

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-25744?: CVE-2020-25744 is a high-severity vulnerability in Safervpn, classified under Improper Link Resolution Before File Access. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2020-09-18.
How severe is CVE-2020-25744?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-25744 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.