CVE-2021-27406

Summary

CVECVE-2021-27406
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-10-14 17:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-10-18 13:38:00 UTC
DescriptionAn 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-610

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Perfact Openvpn-client All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
PerFact OpenVPN-Client | CISA CONFIRM www.cisa.gov
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

LEGACY: Sharon Brizinov of Claroty reported this vulnerability to CISA.

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 590963 PerFact Open Virtual Private Network (OpenVPN) Client Multiple Vulnerabilities (ICSA-21-056-01)

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