PT-2024-5009

CVE-2024-27903

Published

2024-03-20

Updated

2024-08-14

Description by

CVSS 3.1

Critical

MetricsAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: OpenVPN versions 2.6.9 and earlier

Description: The issue is related to the unrestricted loading of plug-in files in OpenVPN on Windows. This allows an attacker to load an arbitrary plug-in, which can interact with the privileged OpenVPN interactive service.

Recommendations: For OpenVPN versions 2.6.9 and earlier, consider disabling the plug-in loading feature until a patch is available. Restrict access to the OpenVPN interactive service to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploitability

Exploit

Impacts

Researchers

Vladimir Tokarev

Vendors

Affected products

Weakness enumeration

CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write

CWE-283: Unverified Ownership

CWE-923: Improper Restriction of Communication Channel to Intended Endpoints

CWE-434: Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type