Security advisory

{
  "id": "da4ca05bddf8cb202280172b891c50a60df4e00aca07197fd0adf2a9d874ee88",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-35523",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2021-35523",
    "summary": "Securepoint SSL VPN Client v2 before 2.0.32 on Windows has unsafe configuration handling that enables local privilege escalation to NT AUTHORITY\\SYSTEM. A non-privileged local user can modify the OpenVPN configuration stored under \"%APPDATA%\\Securepoint SSL VPN\" and add a external script file that is executed as privileged user.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2021-35523",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2021-35523",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2021-35523",
        "GHSA-v8p8-4w8f-qh34"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/securepoint/openvpn-client",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "e4e33f1ca7b5e3751ccd984fe291b76c2bdb0d61"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "c8c4c339da255cf3050a88a1e91c94e8e25c2eef"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:securepoint:openvpn-client:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "2.0.15"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "2.0.32"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "2.0.31",
            "2.0.30-release",
            "2.0.30",
            "2.0.29",
            "2.0.28",
            "2.0.27",
            "2.0.26",
            "2.0.25",
            "2.0.24",
            "2.0.23",
            "2.0.22",
            "2.0.20",
            "2.0.18",
            "2.0.17",
            "2.0.16",
            "2.0.15"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-35523.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:54:46.607498809Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/Securepoint/openvpn-client/security/advisories/GHSA-v8p8-4w8f-qh34",
        "https://bogner.sh/2021/04/local-privilege-escalation-in-securepoint-ssl-vpn-client-2-0-30/"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2021-35523",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 386127,
  "published_at": "2021-06-28T17:15:08.083+00:00"
}