CVE Catalog

CVE-2020-27518

HighCVSS 7.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.43%

35th percentile - higher than 35% of all known CVEs

Summary

A vulnerability in Windscribe VPN for Mac and Windows versions up to 2.02.10 allows local privilege escalation via the WindscribeService component. A low-privileged user can exploit OpenVPN options to execute code as root/SYSTEM.

Risk Assessment

An attacker with low privileges can gain full system control, compromising the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of organizational data.

Recommendation

Immediately update Windscribe VPN to a version later than 2.02.10 and restrict system access for untrusted users.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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 data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS