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TI-2018-07234 Aliases CVE-2018-10204GHSA-7925-2p2w-mgxj

PureVPN 6.0.1 for Windows suffers from a SYSTEM privilege escalation vulnerability in its…

Priority MEDIUM 41CWE-732Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01497 74th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:purevpn:purevpn:6.0.1:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*6.0.1VulnerablePureVPN
  • cpe:2.3:a:purevpn:purevpn:6.0.1:*:*:*:*:windows:*:* Versions 6.0.1 Vulnerable ·PureVPN

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-10204
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7925-2p2w-mgxj

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2023-26698 PureVPN Linux client 2.0.2-Productions fails to properly handle DNS queries, allowing… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
  • TI-2018-04980 In PureVPN 6.0.1 on macOS, HelperTool LaunchDaemon implements an unprotected XPC service… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2018-05394 An issue was discovered in PureVPN through 5.19.4.0 on Windows. CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2018-13191 The PureVPN client before 6.1.0 for Windows stores Login Credentials (username and… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.8

Sources

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