{ "data_version": "4.0", "data_type": "CVE", "data_format": "MITRE", "CVE_data_meta": { "ID": "CVE-2024-4877", "ASSIGNER": "security@openvpn.net", "STATE": "PUBLIC" }, "description": { "description_data": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "OpenVPN version 2.4.0 through 2.6.10 on Windows allows an external, lesser privileged process to create a named pipe which the OpenVPN GUI component would connect to allowing it to escalate its privileges" } ] }, "problemtype": { "problemtype_data": [ { "description": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "CWE-268 Privilege Chaining", "cweId": "CWE-268" } ] } ] }, "affects": { "vendor": { "vendor_data": [ { "vendor_name": "OpenVPN", "product": { "product_data": [ { "product_name": "OpenVPN", "version": { "version_data": [ { "version_affected": "<=", "version_name": "2.4.0", "version_value": "2.6.11" } ] } } ] } } ] } }, "references": { "reference_data": [ { "url": "https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/CVE-2024-4877", "refsource": "MISC", "name": "https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/CVE-2024-4877" }, { "url": "https://www.mail-archive.com/openvpn-users@lists.sourceforge.net/msg07634.html", "refsource": "MISC", "name": "https://www.mail-archive.com/openvpn-users@lists.sourceforge.net/msg07634.html" } ] } }