CVE-2016-7063
A flaw was found in pritunl-client before version 1.0.1116.6. Arbitrary write to user specified...
A flaw was found in pritunl-client before version 1.0.1116.6. Arbitrary write to user specified path may lead to privilege escalation.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
A flaw was found in pritunl-client before version 1.0.1116.6. Arbitrary write to user specified path may lead to privilege escalation.
- Record
CVE-2016-7063- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
A flaw was found in pritunl-client before version 1.0.1116.6. Arbitrary write to user specified path may lead to privilege escalation.
- Record
CVE-2016-7063- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-7943 No score
A flaw was found in pritunl-client before version 1.0.1116.6. Arbitrary write to user specified path may lead to privilege escalation.
- Record
EUVD-2016-7943- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-5m75-p956-6hmj No score
A flaw was found in pritunl-client before version 1.0.1116.6. Arbitrary write to user specified...
A flaw was found in pritunl-client before version 1.0.1116.6. Arbitrary write to user specified path may lead to privilege escalation.
- Record
GHSA-5m75-p956-6hmj- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
A flaw was found in pritunl-client before version 1.0.1116.6. Arbitrary write to user specified path may lead to privilege escalation.
- Record
CVE-2016-7063- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2016-7063 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Pritunl Pritunl-client, published July 21, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.39%, the 84th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
github.com/pritunl/pritunl-client-electron/releases/tag/1.0.1116.6%2C
lf.lc/CVE-2016-7063.txt
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7063