CVE-2018-15490
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2018-15490 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLIC |
| Assigner | [email protected] |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2019-01-02 18:29:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2023-11-07 02:53:00 UTC |
| Description | An issue was discovered in ExpressVPN on Windows. The Xvpnd.exe process (which runs as a service with SYSTEM privileges) listens on TCP port 2015, which is used as an RPC interface for communication with the client side of the ExpressVPN application. A JSON-RPC protocol over HTTP is used for communication. The JSON-RPC XVPN.GetPreference and XVPN.SetPreference methods are vulnerable to path traversal, and allow reading and writing files on the file system on behalf of the service. |
Risk And Classification
Problem Types: CWE-22
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | Expressvpn | Expressvpn | - | All | All | All |
| Application | Expressvpn | Expressvpn | - | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Microsoft | Windows | - | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Microsoft | Windows | - | All | All | All |
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2018–15490 ExpressVPN local privilege escalation | by Tomas Lažauninkas | Medium | MISC | medium.com | Exploit, Third Party Advisory |
| CVE-2018–15490 ExpressVPN local privilege escalation | by Tomas Lažauninkas | Medium | medium.com | ||
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
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