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CVE-2017-20112

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-20112 is a critical improper privilege management vulnerability affecting IVPN Client versions prior to 2.6.2. An attacker can exploit this locally by manipulating the "--up cmd" argument, leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While the exploit has been publicly disclosed, there is no evidence of active exploitation, and it lacks exploit intelligence in common tools like Metasploit or Nuclei, with minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.6.6120.33863CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ivpn:ivpn:2.6.6120.33863:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.39%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
31.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0039 is in the 70th percentile among its peer group of 16,994 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2017/Feb/14
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
github.com / kacperszurek/exploits/blob/master/IVPN/ivpn_privilege_escalation.py
ExploitThird Party Advisory
vuldb.com
Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory