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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-25989

Privilege escalation via arbitrary file write in pritunl electron client 1.0.1116.6 through v1.2.2550.20. Successful exploitation of the issue may allow an attacker to execute code on the effected system with root privileges.

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CVE-2020-25989
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31 Oct 2026, 11:07 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2020-25989

core-osv · Original source

Published 19 Nov 2020, 21:15 UTC

Privilege escalation via arbitrary file write in pritunl electron client 1.0.1116.6 through v1.2.2550.20. Successful exploitation of the issue may allow an attacker to execute code on the effected system with root privileges.

osv:CVE-2020-25989
Complete source record
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  "method": "structured",
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    "summary": "Privilege escalation via arbitrary file write in pritunl electron client 1.0.1116.6 through v1.2.2550.20. Successful exploitation of the issue may allow an attacker to execute code on the effected system with root privileges.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2020-25989",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
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      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:52:55.040435909Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/pritunl/pritunl-client-electron/commit/89f8c997c6f93e724f68f76f7f47f8891d9acc2d",
        "https://vkas-afk.github.io/vuln-disclosures/"
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 384033,
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