Vulnerability details

CVE-2024-4877

OpenVPN OpenVPN

CVSS 3.1

8.8High

Official description

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 scores

Score	Version	Source	Vector
8.8High	3.1	CISA ADP / Vulnrichment (CISA-ADP)	`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions	Source
OpenVPN	OpenVPN	2.4.0 ≤ v ≤ 2.6.11	CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)

References and advisories

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Details

Published: 2025-04-03
Last updated: 2025-04-04
State: Published
Assigner (CNA): OpenVPN

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.44%

Probability of exploitation in 30 days

38.5%

Percentile (among all CVEs)

SSVC assessment (CISA)

Automatable: No
Exploitation: None
Technical impact: Total

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-268
Privilege Chaining