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Unquoted Windows search path vulnerability in the...

Moderate severity Unreviewed Published May 13, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Feb 1, 2023

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

Unquoted Windows search path vulnerability in the ptservice service prior to PrivateTunnel version 3.0 (Windows) and OpenVPN Connect version 3.1 (Windows) allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted program.exe file in the %SYSTEMDRIVE% folder.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Aug 25, 2014
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 13, 2022
Last updated Feb 1, 2023

Severity

Moderate

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

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(70th percentile)

Weaknesses

Unquoted Search Path or Element

The product uses a search path that contains an unquoted element, in which the element contains whitespace or other separators. This can cause the product to access resources in a parent path. Learn more on MITRE.

CVE ID

CVE-2014-5455

GHSA ID

GHSA-mww5-q78w-ffpv

Source code

No known source code

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