cve/2023/CVE-2023-7235.md

### [CVE-2023-7235](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-7235)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Product&message=OpenVPN&color=blue)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Version&message=0%3C%3D%202.6.8%20&color=brighgreen)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Vulnerability&message=CWE-276%3A%20Incorrect%20Default%20Permissions&color=brighgreen)

### Description

The OpenVPN GUI installer before version 2.6.9 did not set the proper access control restrictions to the installation directory of OpenVPN binaries when using a non-standard installation path, which allows an attacker to replace binaries to run arbitrary executables.

### POC

#### Reference
No PoCs from references.

#### Github
- https://github.com/fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds