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CVE-2016-7063 (GCVE-0-2016-7063)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-07-21 16:52 – Updated: 2024-08-06 01:50
VLAI
Summary
A flaw was found in pritunl-client before version 1.0.1116.6. Arbitrary write to user specified path may lead to privilege escalation.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a pritunl-client-electron Affected: 1.0.1116.6
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