CVE-2018-7484

Summary

CVECVE-2018-7484
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-02-26 02:29:00 UTC
Updated2018-03-17 00:22:00 UTC
DescriptionAn issue was discovered in PureVPN through 5.19.4.0 on Windows. The client installation grants the Everyone group Full Control permission to the installation directory. In addition, the PureVPNService.exe service, which runs under NT Authority\SYSTEM privileges, tries to load several dynamic-link libraries using relative paths instead of the absolute path. When not using a fully qualified path, the application will first try to load the library from the directory from which the application is started. As the residing directory of PureVPNService.exe is writable to all users, this makes the application susceptible to privilege escalation through DLL hijacking.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-426

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Purevpn Purevpn 5.19.4.0 All All All
Application Purevpn Purevpn 5.19.4.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
www.defensecode.com/advisories/DC-2018-02-001-PureVPN-Windows-Privilege-Escalatio... MISC www.defensecode.com Third Party Advisory
SecurityFocus MISC www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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