Description
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.
Published: 2022-10-14
Score: 8.8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

Vendor Solution

PerFact has released Version 1.6.0, which mitigates this vulnerability.

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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-14160 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.
History

Wed, 16 Apr 2025 18:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Subscriptions

Perfact Openvpn-client
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: icscert

Published:

Updated: 2025-04-16T17:46:31.383Z

Reserved: 2021-02-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-27406

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T20:48:16.965Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-10-14T17:15:10.530

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:57:55.933

Link: CVE-2021-27406

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses