VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-17809

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability0.80%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-12-20
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

In Golden Frog VyprVPN before 2.15.0.5828 for macOS, the vyprvpnservice launch daemon has an unprotected XPC service that allows attackers to update the underlying OpenVPN configuration and the arguments passed to the OpenVPN binary when executed. An attacker can abuse this vulnerability by forcing the VyprVPN application to load a malicious dynamic library every time a new connection is made.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-426: Untrusted Search Path

Primary references