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CVE-2021-27406

HIGH · CVSS 8.8 EPSS 0.96%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2022-10-14 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2021-27406
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
8.8
EPSS
0.96%

Original NVD Description

An attacker can take leverage on PerFact OpenVPN-Client versions 1.4.1.0 and prior to send the config command from any application running on the local host machine to force the back-end server into initializing a new open-VPN instance with arbitrary open-VPN configuration. This could result in the attacker achieving execution with privileges of a SYSTEM user.