{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-9442 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2020-9442 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2020-9442 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 28 Feb 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2020-9442 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2020-9442 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 28 Feb 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-9442 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-9442/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-9442/index.md)","id":"CVE-2020-9442","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-9442/index.md","name":"CVE-2020-9442","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-mg74-mw7r-v7j9"],"analysis":{"component_type":"desktop_application","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["privilege_escalation"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"OpenVPN Connect client","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"Local attackers can escalate privileges by placing a malicious DLL in an insecurely permissioned directory of the OpenVPN Connect client.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"privilege_escalation"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"mitre","cpe":[{"product":"connect","vendor":"openvpn"}],"cvss":{"score":7.8,"severity":"high","source":"nvd","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-281","name":"Improper Preservation of Permissions"}],"description":"OpenVPN Connect 3.1.0.361 on Windows has Insecure Permissions for %PROGRAMDATA%\\OpenVPN Connect\\drivers\\tap\\amd64\\win10, which allows local users to gain privileges by copying a malicious drvstore.dll there.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":"2020-02-28","github_poc":1,"max_poc_stars":25,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[{"date":"2020-02-28T01:27:08Z","kind":"github_poc","ref":"https://github.com/hessandrew/CVE-2020-9442","stars":25,"title":"OpenVPN Connect for Windows (MSI) - 3.1.0.361 - Privilege Escalation"}],"tier":"poc_unverified"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Privilege escalation in n/a","id":"CVE-2020-9442","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"privilege_escalation","year":"2020"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"Cross-site scripting in n/a","id":"CVE-2020-9443"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Cross-site scripting in n/a","id":"CVE-2020-9440"},"products":["n/a"],"published":"2020-02-28","related":[{"cvss_score":9.4,"headline":"Privilege escalation in OpenVPN Connect","id":"CVE-2026-9560","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-05-26"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Code injection in OpenVPN Connect","id":"CVE-2023-7245","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-02-20"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Code injection in OpenVPN Connect","id":"CVE-2023-7224","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-01-08"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Code injection in OpenVPN Connect","id":"CVE-2021-3613","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2021-07-02"},{"cvss_score":7.5,"headline":"Information disclosure in OpenVPN Connect","id":"CVE-2024-8474","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2025-01-06"},{"cvss_score":7.1,"headline":"Path traversal in OpenVPN Connect","id":"CVE-2020-15075","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2021-03-30"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"},{"class":"open","licence":"CC0","name":"PoC-in-GitHub"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-08-04","vendors":["n/a"]},"summary":"Local attackers can escalate privileges by placing a malicious DLL in an insecurely permissioned directory of the OpenVPN Connect client.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-9442/"}