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CVE-2021-27406 (GCVE-0-2021-27406)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-10-14 00:00 – Updated: 2025-04-16 17:46
VLAI?
Summary
An attacker can take leverage on PerFact OpenVPN-Client versions 1.4.1.0 and prior to send the config command from any application running on the local host machine to force the back-end server into initializing a new open-VPN instance with arbitrary open-VPN configuration. This could result in the attacker achieving execution with privileges of a SYSTEM user.
Severity ?
8.8 (High)
CWE
- CWE-15 - External Control of System or Configuration Setting
Assigner
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PerFact | OpenVPN-Client |
Affected:
unspecified , ≤ 1.4.1.0
(custom)
|
Credits
Sharon Brizinov of Claroty reported this vulnerability to CISA.
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