CVE-2016-7063 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

A flaw was found in pritunl-client before version 1.0.1116.6. Arbitrary write to user specified path may lead to privilege escalation.

Published: 2020-07-21

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: 2.4% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

pritunl-client-electron

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`1.0.1116.6`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:pritunl:pritunl-client:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2016-7943	A flaw was found in pritunl-client before version 1.0.1116.6. Arbitrary write to user specified path may lead to privilege escalation.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.02392.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/pritunl/pritunl-client-electron/releases/tag/1.0.1116.6
https://github.com/pritunl/pritunl-client-electron/releases/tag/1.0.1116.6%2C
https://lf.lc/CVE-2016-7063.txt

History

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Subscriptions

Pritunl Pritunl-client

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2020-07-21T16:52:17.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T01:50:47.412Z

Reserved: 2016-08-23T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-7063

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-07-21T17:15:11.827

Modified: 2026-06-17T00:52:31.450

Link: CVE-2016-7063

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-22
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

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