Privilege escalation in Pritunl Pritunl-Client-Electron

CVE-2020-27519

Pritunl Client v1.2.2550.20 contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the pritunl-service component. The attack vector is: malicious openvpn config. A local attacker could leverage the log and log-append along with log injection to create or append to privileged script files and execute code as root/SYSTEM.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

EPSS: 0.003 (27.4th 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

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-27519?
CVE-2020-27519 is a high-severity vulnerability in Pritunl Pritunl-Client-Electron, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2021-04-30.
How severe is CVE-2020-27519?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.