CVE-2018-11479

The VPN component in Windscribe 1.81 uses the OpenVPN client for connections

published May 25, 2018

CVSS
—
EPSS
10%
Percentile
95.5
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

The VPN component in Windscribe 1.81 uses the OpenVPN client for connections. Also, it creates a WindScribeService.exe system process that establishes a \\.\pipe\WindscribeService named pipe endpoint that allows the Windscribe VPN process to connect and execute an OpenVPN process or other processes (like taskkill, etc.). There is no validation of the program name before constructing the lpCommandLine argument for a CreateProcess call. An attacker can run any malicious process with SYSTEM privileges through this named pipe.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.09756 · 95.5th percentile
Published
2018-05-25T19:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 25 MAY 19:00Z
    The VPN component in Windscribe 1.81 uses the OpenVPN client for connections
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