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CVE-2018-10170
CRITICAL
NordVPN 6.12.7.0 for Windows suffers from a SYSTEM privilege escalation vulnerability through the "nordvpn-service" service. This service establishes an NetNamedPipe endpoint that allows arbitrary installed applications to connect and call publicly exposed methods. The "Connect" method accepts a class instance argument that provides attacker control of the OpenVPN command line. An attacker can specify a dynamic library plugin that should run for every new VPN connection attempt. This plugin will execute code in the context of the SYSTEM user.
Published: Apr 16, 2018
Modified: Jun 17, 2026
CWE-732
CVSS Metrics
CVSSv3
Attack Vector:
NETWORK
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
NONE
User Interaction:
NONE
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
HIGH
Integrity Impact:
HIGH
Availability Impact:
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products (1)
| Vendor | Product | Version |
|---|---|---|
| nordvpn | nordvpn | 6.12.7.0 |
GitHub Security Advisory GHSA-vxfv-xfvw-w2f5
NordVPN 6.12.7.0 for Windows suffers from a SYSTEM privilege escalation vulnerability through the...
References (2)
- https://github.com/VerSprite/research/blob/master/advisories/VS-2018-018.md Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/VerSprite/research/blob/master/advisories/VS-2018-018.md Third Party Advisory
Risk Scores
CVSS Score
9.8 / 10
EPSS Score
2.73%
Top 15% most likely to be exploited
Threat Score
40 / 100
Data Sources
NVD
EPSS
GitHub