CVE-2018-3952
HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: September 7, 2018 at 03:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:58 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorNordvpn
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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.9%
Description
An exploitable code execution vulnerability exists in the connect functionality of NordVPN 6.14.28.0. A specially crafted configuration file can cause a privilege escalation, resulting in the execution of arbitrary commands with system privileges.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (2)
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDBroken LinkThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105312x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0622CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- CHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-78
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