CVE-2020-27519 is a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Pritunl Client v1.2.2550.20. A local attacker can exploit a flaw in the pritunl-service component by manipulating malicious OpenVPN configuration files. This allows for log injection to create or append to privileged script files, leading to arbitrary code execution with root/SYSTEM privileges. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.8 (High) and currently lacks public exploit intelligence, with no known active exploitation or significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.2.2550.20CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:pritunl:pritunl-client-electron:1.2.2550.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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