CVE-2024-27903

OpenVPN plug-ins on Windows with OpenVPN 2.6.9 and earlier could be loaded from any directory, which allows an attacker to load an arbitrary plug-in which can be used to interact with the privileged OpenVPN interactive service.

CVSS v3 9.8 CRITICAL

9.8^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/CVE-2024-27903	Vendor Advisory
https://openvpn.net/security-advisory/ovpnx-vulnerability-cve-2024-27903-cve-2024-27459-cve-2024-24974/	Vendor Advisory
https://www.mail-archive.com/openvpn-users@lists.sourceforge.net/msg07534.html	Mailing List
https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/CVE-2024-27903	Vendor Advisory
https://openvpn.net/security-advisory/ovpnx-vulnerability-cve-2024-27903-cve-2024-27459-cve-2024-24974/	Vendor Advisory
https://www.mail-archive.com/openvpn-users@lists.sourceforge.net/msg07534.html	Mailing List

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:openvpn:::::community:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:openvpn:::::community:::*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2024-07-08 11:15

Updated : 2024-11-21 09:05

NVD link : CVE-2024-27903

Mitre link : CVE-2024-27903

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2024-27903

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Products Affected

openvpn

openvpn

CWE

CWE-283

Unverified Ownership

CWE-434

Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

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