CVE-2017-7720 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in PrivateTunnel versions 2.7 and 2.8, allowing a local attacker to trigger a denial of service or potentially achieve further impact through a crafted, long password. This vulnerability is rated as High severity (CVSS 7.8), indicating a low attack complexity and requiring local user privileges, but with high potential impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:privatetunnel:privatetunnel:2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:privatetunnel:privatetunnel:2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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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No media coverage found for this CVE.
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.