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CVE-2023-37849

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-37849 is a DLL hijacking vulnerability affecting Panda Security VPN for Windows versions prior to v15.14.8. An attacker with high privileges can execute arbitrary code by placing a malicious DLL in the same directory as PANDAVPN.exe, requiring user interaction to trigger. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium) due to its local attack vector and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no public exploit code available, nor is there evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 15.14.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:watchguard:panda_security_vpn:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
0.6
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.40%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
33.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0040 is in the 75th percentile among its peer group of 177 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

heegong.github.io / posts/Local-privilege-escalation-in-Panda-Dome-VPN-for-Windows-Installer
ExploitTechnical DescriptionThird Party Advisory
pandasecurity.com / en/homeusers/vpn
Product
pandasecurity.com / en/support/card
Vendor Advisory