CVE-2020-27519 Privilege escalation in n/a
A local attacker can escalate privileges to root or SYSTEM by injecting malicious log entries via a crafted OpenVPN configuration file.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-27519?
CVE-2020-27519 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 30 Apr 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-269
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-27519?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Pritunl Pritunl-Client-Electron.
How do I fix CVE-2020-27519?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-27519 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2020-27519 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-27519 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-rxm5-9q2g-4c8r.