CVE-2018-10170 Privilege escalation in n/a
A local attacker can escalate privileges to SYSTEM by exploiting an insecure named pipe in the NordVPN service to load a malicious plugin.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2018-10170?
CVE-2018-10170 is a critical vulnerability in n/a, published on 16 Apr 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
NordVPN 6.12.7.0 for Windows suffers from a SYSTEM privilege escalation vulnerability through the "nordvpn-service" service. This service establishes an NetNamedPipe endpoint that allows arbitrary installed applications to connect and call publicly exposed methods. The "Connect" method accepts a class instance argument that provides attacker control of the OpenVPN command line. An attacker can specify a dynamic library plugin that should run for every new VPN connection attempt. This plugin will execute code in the context of the SYSTEM user.
Weakness: CWE-732
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-10170?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Nordvpn Nordvpn.
How do I fix CVE-2018-10170?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-10170 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2018-10170 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-10170 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-vxfv-xfvw-w2f5.