Vulnerability · Published Jan 26, 2023 · Assigned by zdi
CVE-2022-41141
High 7.8
In plain English
A high-severity uncontrolled search path in Windscribe from Windscribe. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 33% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Windscribe. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the configuration of OpenSSL. The product loads an OpenSSL configuration file from an unsecured location. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of SYSTEM. Was ZDI-CAN-16859.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Windscribe | Windscribe | 2.3 Build 16 |
Weakness: CWE-427 · Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H