CVE-2024-4877

high

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

References

https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-25-072-10

https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg07634.html

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2025-9647

https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/CVE-2024-4877

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2025-04-03

Updated: 2025-04-29

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H