CVE-2022-41141 is a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Windscribe installations. It stems from the product loading an OpenSSL configuration file from an unsecured location, allowing a low-privileged attacker to inject malicious code. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), indicating that an attacker with local access can achieve SYSTEM-level arbitrary code execution with low attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.3.16CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:windscribe:windscribe:2.3.16:*:*:*:*:windows:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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