IVPN Client privileges management

published 2022-06-29 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-11119

cvss: 7.8; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.4%; EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 33%
public exploits: 0; none known

A vulnerability has been found in IVPN Client 2.6.6120.33863 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation of the argument --up cmd leads to improper privilege management. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. Upgrading to version 2.6.2 is able to address this issue. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: Proof of concept is public
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 18 mo ago (2025-04-14)

Exploit prediction

0.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 33% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

github.com https://github.com/kacperszurek/exploits/blob/master/IVPN/ivpn_privilege_escalation.py referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.1	7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	7.2	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

IVPN Client

Classification

Weakness

CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

References

github.com /kacperszurek/exploits/blob/master/IVPN/ivpn_privilege_escalation.py
exploit, third-party-advisory
seclists.org /fulldisclosure/2017/Feb/14
mailing-list, third-party-advisory
vuldb.com /?id.96655
permissions-required, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2017-20112
NVD CVE-2017-20112

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Summary