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CVE-2023-50446 (GCVE-0-2023-50446)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-12-10 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-02 22:16
VLAI
Summary
An issue was discovered in Mullvad VPN Windows app before 2023.6-beta1. Insufficient permissions on a directory allow any local unprivileged user to escalate privileges to SYSTEM.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
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