CVE-2020-27518

All versions of Windscribe VPN for Mac and Windows <= v2.02.10 contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the WindscribeService component. A low privilege user could leverage several openvpn options to execute code as root/SYSTEM.

CVSS v3.1

7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0

7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS

0.44% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 37th percentile

Published

2021-05-04

Updated

2026-07-09

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://jeffs.sh/CVEs/CVE-2020-27518.txt

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2020-27515
• CVE-2020-27523
• CVE-2020-27511
• CVE-2020-27524
• CVE-2020-27488
• CVE-2020-27533