CVE-2017-20112 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

A vulnerability has been found in IVPN Client 2.6.6120.33863 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation of the argument --up cmd leads to improper privilege management. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. Upgrading to version 2.6.2 is able to address this issue. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00046.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Ivpn	Ivpn

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ivpn:ivpn:2.6.6120.33863:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*

No data.

No data.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Feb/14
https://github.com/kacperszurek/exploits/blob/master/IVPN/ivpn_privilege_escalation.py
https://vuldb.com/?id.96655

History

Wed, 16 Apr 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulDB

Published: 2022-06-29T06:55:42.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-15T14:10:12.158Z

Reserved: 2022-06-27T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-20112

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-05T21:45:25.975Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-06-29T07:15:07.553

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:22:39.473

Link: CVE-2017-20112

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

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