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CVE-2020-12828

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8 EPSS 3.28%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2020-05-21 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2020-12828
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS
9.8
EPSS
3.28%

Original NVD Description

An issue was discovered in AnchorFree VPN SDK before 1.3.3.218. The VPN SDK service takes certain executable locations over a socket bound to localhost. Binding to the socket and providing a path where a malicious executable file resides leads to executing the malicious executable file with SYSTEM privileges.