VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2025-26169

CVSS score8.1 HIGH
EPSS probability0.23%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2025-05-07
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

IXON VPN Client before 1.4.4 on Windows allows Local Privilege Escalation to SYSTEM because there is code execution from a configuration file that can be controlled by a low-privileged user. There is a race condition in which a temporary configuration file, in a world-writable directory, can be overwritten.

Weakness classification

  • cve@mitre.org: CWE-732

Primary references