cve/2019/CVE-2019-6724.md

### [CVE-2019-6724](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-6724)
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### Description

The barracudavpn component of the Barracuda VPN Client prior to version 5.0.2.7 for Linux, macOS, and OpenBSD runs as a privileged process and can allow an unprivileged local attacker to load a malicious library, resulting in arbitrary code executing as root.

### POC

#### Reference
- https://blog.mirch.io/2019/02/14/cve-2019-6724-barracuda-vpn-client-privilege-escalation-on-linux-and-macos/

#### Github
- https://github.com/mirchr/security-research