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-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2018-05-25T19:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T08:10:14.389Z

Reserved: 2018-05-25T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2018-11479

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-05-25T19:29:00.477

Modified: 2020-02-05T21:15:11.110

Link: CVE-2018-11479

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