ProtonVPN, NordVPN Flaws Open Door to Privilege Escalation

UPDATE A pair of vulnerabilities in the ProtonVPN and NordVPN VPN clients have been uncovered, which allow attackers to execute code as an administrator on targeted Microsoft Windows machines. In both cases CVE-2018-3952 NordVPN and CVE-2018-4010 ProntonVPN, the clients have the same design,...

CVE-2018-4010

An exploitable code execution vulnerability exists in the connect functionality of ProtonVPN VPN client 1.5.1. A specially crafted configuration file can cause a privilege escalation, resulting in the ability to execute arbitrary commands with the system's privileges...

CVE-2018-4010

An exploitable code execution vulnerability exists in the connect functionality of ProtonVPN VPN client 1.5.1. A specially crafted configuration file can cause a privilege escalation, resulting in the ability to execute arbitrary commands with the system's privileges...

CVE-2018-4010

An exploitable code execution vulnerability exists in the connect functionality of ProtonVPN VPN client 1.5.1. A specially crafted configuration file can cause a privilege escalation, resulting in the ability to execute arbitrary commands with the system's privileges...

CVE-2018-4010

CVE-2018-4010 affects ProtonVPN VPN Client 1.5.1. A vulnerability in the connect flow allows a specially crafted OpenVPN configuration to trigger a privilege escalation, enabling code execution with system privileges. The root cause involves how OpenVPN configuration lines (e.g., plugin, script-s...

Vulnerability Spotlight: CVE-2018-3952 / CVE-2018-4010 - Multi-provider VPN Client Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities

Discovered by Paul Rascagneres. Overview Cisco Talos has discovered two similar vulnerabilities in the ProtonVPN and NordVPN VPN clients. The vulnerabilities allow attackers to execute code as an administrator on Microsoft Windows operating systems from a standard user. The vulnerabilities were...

PT-2018-1557 · Protonvpn · Protonvpn Vpn Client

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: ProtonVPN VPN client version 1.5.1 Description: A code execution issue exists in the connect functionality of the ProtonVPN VPN client, allowing for privilege escalation. This can be triggered by a specially crafted configuration file, enabli...

CVE-2018-4010: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command

An exploitable code execution vulnerability exists in the connect functionality of ProtonVPN VPN client 1.5.1. A specially crafted configuration file can cause a privilege escalation, resulting in the ability to execute arbitrary commands with the system's privileges...

ProtonVPN VPN client connect privilege escalation vulnerability

Summary An exploitable code execution vulnerability exists in the connect functionality of ProtonVPN VPN client 1.5.1. A specially crafted configuration file can cause a privilege escalation, resulting in the ability to execute arbitrary commands with the system’s privileges. Tested Versions...

ProtonVPN Service Code Execution

The vulnerability of the ProtonVPN service is related to deficiencies in access control. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor, operating remotely, to execute arbitrary commands with SYSTEM privileges using a single OpenVPN command line...

ProtonVPN Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

ProtonVPN for Windows is a free Windows-based VPN software for anonymous access to the Internet. A power lifting vulnerability exists in version 1.3.3 of ProtonVPN for Windows-based platforms, which stems from a NetNamedPipe endpoint created by the 'ProtonVPN Service' service that allows arbitrar...

CVE-2018-10169

ProtonVPN 1.3.3 for Windows suffers from a SYSTEM privilege escalation vulnerability through the "ProtonVPN Service" service. This service establishes an NetNamedPipe endpoint that allows arbitrary installed applications to connect and call publicly exposed methods. The "Connect" method accepts a...

CVE-2018-10169

ProtonVPN 1.3.3 for Windows suffers from a SYSTEM privilege escalation vulnerability through the "ProtonVPN Service" service. This service establishes an NetNamedPipe endpoint that allows arbitrary installed applications to connect and call publicly exposed methods. The "Connect" method accepts a...

Privilege escalation

ProtonVPN 1.3.3 for Windows suffers from a SYSTEM privilege escalation vulnerability through the "ProtonVPN Service" service. This service establishes an NetNamedPipe endpoint that allows arbitrary installed applications to connect and call publicly exposed methods. The "Connect" method accepts a...

CVE-2018-10169

Concretely, CVE-2018-10169 affects ProtonVPN for Windows (ProtonVPN 1.3.3) via the ProtonVPN Service. The service exposes a NetNamedPipe endpoint; the Connect method passes an OpenVPN configuration to a helper that runs with SYSTEM privileges. An attacker can inject a malicious OpenVPN config (e....

CVE-2018-10169

ProtonVPN 1.3.3 for Windows suffers from a SYSTEM privilege escalation vulnerability through the "ProtonVPN Service" service. This service establishes an NetNamedPipe endpoint that allows arbitrary installed applications to connect and call publicly exposed methods. The "Connect" method accepts a...

CVE-2018-10169: Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

ProtonVPN 1.3.3 for Windows suffers from a SYSTEM privilege escalation vulnerability through the "ProtonVPN Service" service. This service establishes an NetNamedPipe endpoint that allows arbitrary installed applications to connect and call publicly exposed methods. The "Connect" method accepts a...

PT-2018-1297

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions ProtonVPN version 1.3.3 Description The issue is related to insufficient access control in the ProtonVPN service, which establishes a NetNamedPipe endpoint. This allows arbitrary installed applications to connect and call publicly exposed...