Vulnerability · Published Oct 14, 2022 · Assigned by icscert
CVE-2021-27406PerFact OpenVPN-Client
High 8.8
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in OpenVPN-Client from PerFact. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.2% (higher than 69% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.2%top 31.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official 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.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| PerFact | OpenVPN-Client | unspecified – through 1.4.1.0 |
Weakness: CWE-15 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H