{"id":"CVE-2018-10204","aliases":["EUVD-2018-2280","GHSA-7925-2p2w-mgxj"],"status":"published","title":"PureVPN 6.0.1 for Windows suffers from a SYSTEM privilege escalation vulnerability in its ...","description":"PureVPN 6.0.1 for Windows suffers from a SYSTEM privilege escalation vulnerability in its \"sevpnclient\" service. When configured to use the OpenVPN protocol, the \"sevpnclient\" service executes \"openvpn.exe\" using the OpenVPN config file located at %PROGRAMDATA%\\purevpn\\config\\config.ovpn. This file allows \"Write\" permissions to users in the \"Everyone\" group. An authenticated attacker may modify this file to 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 account.","severity":{"version":"3.0","score":8.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"primary","from":"nvd"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-08","score":0.01497,"percentile":0.74392,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-732"],"published":"2018-04-18T21:00:00Z","modified":"2026-06-17T01:33:40Z","products":[{"vendor":"purevpn","product":"purevpn"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/VerSprite/research/blob/master/advisories/VS-2018-021.md","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Third Party Advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-10204"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7925-2p2w-mgxj"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2018-10204","description":"PureVPN 6.0.1 for Windows suffers from a SYSTEM privilege escalation vulnerability in its \"sevpnclient\" service. 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An authenticated attacker may modify this file to 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 account.","status":"published","published":"2022-05-13T01:48:44Z","modified":"2023-02-02T05:01:39Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.0","score":8.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-732"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:51:13.974749Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2018-10204","description":"PureVPN 6.0.1 for Windows suffers from a SYSTEM privilege escalation vulnerability in its \"sevpnclient\" service. When configured to use the OpenVPN protocol, the \"sevpnclient\" service executes \"openvpn.exe\" using the OpenVPN config file located at %PROGRAMDATA%\\purevpn\\config\\config.ovpn. This file allows \"Write\" permissions to users in the \"Everyone\" group. 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