CVE-2021-35523

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    CVE-2021-35523

    Published: 28 Jun 2021Last Modified: 9 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Securepoint SSL VPN Client v2 before 2.0.32 on Windows has unsafe configuration handling that enables local privilege escalation to NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM. A non-privileged local user can modify the OpenVPN configuration stored under "%APPDATA%\Securepoint SSL VPN" and add a external script file that is executed as privileged user.

    References: http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Jun/59, https://github.com/Securepoint/openvpn-client/security/advisories/GHSA-v8p8-4w8f-qh34, http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163320/Securepoint-SSL-VPN-Client-2.0.30-Local-Privilege-Escalation.html, https://bogner.sh/2021/04/local-privilege-escalation-in-securepoint-ssl-vpn-client-2-0-30/

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- e4e33f1ca7b5e3751ccd984fe291b76c2bdb0d61
    Fixed -c8c4c339da255cf3050a88a1e91c94e8e25c2eef

    Affected versions

    2.0.31
    2.0.30-release
    2.0.30
    2.0.29
    2.0.28
    2.0.27
    2.0.26
    2.0.25
    2.0.24
    2.0.23
    2.0.22
    2.0.20
    2.0.18
    2.0.17
    2.0.16
    2.0.15

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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