Vulnerabilites related to openvpn - openvpn_gui
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2024-02-21 11:15
Modified
2025-05-06 18:02
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
| ▶ | URL | Tags | |
|---|---|---|---|
| security@openvpn.net | https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/CVE-2023-7235 | Permissions Required | |
| af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/CVE-2023-7235 | Permissions Required |
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| openvpn | openvpn_gui | * |
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CVE-2023-7235 (GCVE-0-2023-7235)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-02-21 10:55
Modified
2024-08-26 16:13
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-276 - Incorrect Default Permissions
Summary
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.
References
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