CVE-2018-3952 is a high-severity code execution vulnerability affecting NordVPN version 6.14.28.0. An attacker can exploit a specially crafted configuration file to achieve privilege escalation, leading to arbitrary command execution with system privileges. This local vulnerability has a CVSS score of 8.8, indicating high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit code is available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered community discussion and media coverage, suggesting awareness within the security community.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
6.14.28.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nordvpn:nordvpn:6.14.28.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.