CVE-2020-27518

PoC —

CVSS 3.1

7.8 high

EPSS

<1%p37

Published

May 4, 2021 (May 4, 2021)

Modified

Jul 9, 2026

Description

All versions of Windscribe VPN for Mac and Windows <= v2.02.10 contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the WindscribeService component. A low privilege user could leverage several openvpn options to execute code as root/SYSTEM.

Vendors: windscribe
Products: windscribe
Weakness: CWE-269
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (0.4%)

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