CVE-2023-7235

State
Published
Severity
8.4 High
Published
Feb 21, 2024
Updated
Aug 26, 2024
Reserved
Jan 16, 2024

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Description

The OpenVPN GUI installer before version 2.6.9 did not set the proper access control restrictions to the installation directory of OpenVPN binaries when using a non-standard installation path, which allows an attacker to replace binaries to run arbitrary executables.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.18.4 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCISA-ADP

Weaknesses

  • CWE-276 Incorrect Default Permissions

Affected Products

ProductVersions
OpenVPNOpenVPN
  • 2.6.8 and earlierAffected

References

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