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CVE-2023-36673

HIGH · CVSS 7.3 EPSS 0.62%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2023-08-09 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.3. See the original NVD description below for full technical details.

CVE
CVE-2023-36673
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.3
EPSS
0.62%

Original NVD Description

An issue was discovered in Avira Phantom VPN through 2.23.1 for macOS. The VPN client insecurely configures the operating system such that all IP traffic to the VPN server's IP address is sent in plaintext outside the VPN tunnel, even if this traffic is not generated by the VPN client, while simultaneously using plaintext DNS to look up the VPN server's IP address. This allows an adversary to trick the victim into sending traffic to arbitrary IP addresses in plaintext outside the VPN tunnel. NOTE: the tunnelcrack.mathyvanhoef.com website uses this CVE ID to refer more generally to "ServerIP attack, combined with DNS spoofing, that can leak traffic to an arbitrary IP address" rather than to only Avira Phantom VPN.

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