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
Published · last modified .
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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.003 (25.9th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 26th percentile — 25.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Pritunl Pritunl-Client-Electron — versions 1.2.2550.20
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- github.com/pritunl/pritunl-client-electron/commit/c0aeb159351e5e99d752c27b87133… (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- github.com/pritunl/pritunl-client-electron/commit/87ceeae9b8ee415541d7d71de1067… (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- github.com/pritunl/pritunl-client-electron/commit/87ceeae9b8ee415541d7d71de1067… (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
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.