CVE-2025-65199 is a command injection vulnerability in the Windscribe for Linux Desktop App, affecting versions prior to 2.18.3-alpha and 2.18.8. A local user belonging to the 'windscribe' group can execute arbitrary commands as root by manipulating the 'adapterName' parameter within the 'changeMTU' function. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a low attack complexity and the potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 2.10.1, <= 2.17.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:windscribe:windscribe:*:*:*:*:*:linux:*:* | ||
2.18.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:windscribe:windscribe:2.18.1:alpha:*:*:*:linux:*:* | ||
2.18.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:windscribe:windscribe:2.18.3:*:*:*:*:linux:*:* | ||
2.18.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:windscribe:windscribe:2.18.5:*:*:*:*:linux:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
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