What is CVE-2020-27518?

CVE-2020-27518 is a high-severity vulnerability in Windscribe, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2021-05-04.

How severe is CVE-2020-27518?

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

Privilege escalation in Windscribe

CVE-2020-27518

All versions of Windscribe VPN for Mac and Windows <= v2.02.10 contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the WindscribeService component. A low privilege user could leverage several openvpn options to execute code as root/SYSTEM.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

EPSS: 0.004 (35.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Windscribe
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

References

af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-27518?: CVE-2020-27518 is a high-severity vulnerability in Windscribe, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2021-05-04.
How severe is CVE-2020-27518?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.