CVE-2024-4877

OpenVPN version 2.4.0 through 2.6.10 on Windows allows an external, lesser privileged process to create a named pipe which the OpenVPN GUI component would connect to allowing it to escalate its privileges

CVSS v3 8.8 HIGH

8.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/CVE-2024-4877	Permissions Required
https://www.mail-archive.com/openvpn-users@lists.sourceforge.net/msg07634.html	Mailing List Release Notes

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:openvpn:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2025-04-03 16:15

Updated : 2025-04-29 19:45

NVD link : CVE-2024-4877

Mitre link : CVE-2024-4877

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2024-4877

JSON object : View

Products Affected

openvpn

openvpn

microsoft

windows

CWE

CWE-268

Privilege Chaining

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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