CWE Code: 732
Vulnerability Type: privilege_escalation
CVSS Score: 10.0
CWE Name:  Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource
Summary: nordvpn 6.12.7.0 for windows suffers from a system privilege escalation vulnerability through the "nordvpn-service" service. this service establishes an netnamedpipe endpoint that allows arbitrary installed applications to connect and call publicly exposed methods. the "connect" method accepts a class instance argument that provides attacker control of the openvpn command line. an attacker can specify a dynamic library plugin that should run for every new vpn connection attempt. this plugin will execute code in the context of the system user.
Access Authentication: NONE
Access Complexity: LOW
Access Vector: NETWORK
Impact (C/I/A): COMPLETE/COMPLETE/COMPLETE
Published Date: 2018-04-16
Last Modified Date: 2019-10-03