VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2021-35523

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability0.73%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2021-06-28
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

Securepoint SSL VPN Client v2 before 2.0.32 on Windows has unsafe configuration handling that enables local privilege escalation to NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM. A non-privileged local user can modify the OpenVPN configuration stored under "%APPDATA%\Securepoint SSL VPN" and add a external script file that is executed as privileged user.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-269

Primary references