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ghsa-mcm6-4273-92rf

Vulnerability from github

Published

2022-05-13 01:28

Modified

2022-05-13 01:28

Severity ?

7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

The VPN component in Windscribe 1.81 uses the OpenVPN client for connections. Also, it creates a WindScribeService.exe system process that establishes a \.\pipe\WindscribeService named pipe endpoint that allows the Windscribe VPN process to connect and execute an OpenVPN process or other processes (like taskkill, etc.). There is no validation of the program name before constructing the lpCommandLine argument for a CreateProcess call. An attacker can run any malicious process with SYSTEM privileges through this named pipe.

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cve-2018-11479

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2018-05-25 19:00

Modified

2024-08-05 08:10

Severity ?

Summary

The VPN component in Windscribe 1.81 uses the OpenVPN client for connections. Also, it creates a WindScribeService.exe system process that establishes a \\.\pipe\WindscribeService named pipe endpoint that allows the Windscribe VPN process to connect and execute an OpenVPN process or other processes (like taskkill, etc.). There is no validation of the program name before constructing the lpCommandLine argument for a CreateProcess call. An attacker can run any malicious process with SYSTEM privileges through this named pipe.

References

▼	URL	Tags
	http://sqlulz.blogspot.com/2018/05/windscribe-vpn-privilege-escalation.html	x_refsource_MISC
	http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156222/Windscribe-WindscribeService-Named-Pipe-Privilege-Escalation.html	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

Vendor

Product

Version

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n/a

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