CVE-2023-7235

HIGH EPSS 11.7%

Published Feb 21, 20242y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago

8.4 CVSS 3.1

High

Published Feb 21, 2024 2y ago

Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

The OpenVPN GUI installer before version 2.6.9 did not set the proper access control restrictions to the installation directory of OpenVPN binaries when using a non-standard installation path, which allows an attacker to replace binaries to run arbitrary executables.

CVSS Details

Base Score

8.4

Exploitability

2.5

Impact

5.9

Vector string

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

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

User Interaction None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality High

Integrity High

Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability

11.7% percentile

Exploit & Patch Status

No Known Exploit

No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-276

Affected Products 1

Vendor	Product	Version	Range
openvpn	openvpn_gui	*	<2.6.9

References 1

community.openvpn.net https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/CVE-2023-7235

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Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.