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CVE-2024-27903 is a vulnerability in the OpenVPN plug-in loading mechanism on Windows affecting OpenVPN 2.6.9 and earlier. The flaw allows OpenVPN plug-ins to be loaded from an arbitrary directory rather than being restricted to a trusted location. As a result, an attacker who can satisfy the necessary preconditions can cause a malicious plug-in to be loaded and then use that plug-in to interact with the privileged OpenVPN interactive service. In Windows attack chains, this behavior can be leveraged toward remote code execution by combining it with other OpenVPN issues. The weakness is consistent with uncontrolled search path behavior in the loading of executable components.
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An OpenVPN vulnerability caused by insufficient security mechanism implementation that allows plugins to be loaded from arbitrary directories, enabling malicious plugin loading.
A vulnerability in OpenVPN's plugin mechanism that can lead to remote code execution on Windows and local privilege escalation and data manipulation on Android, iOS, macOS, and BSD.
OpenVPN on Windows (<= 2.6.9) can load plugins from arbitrary directories, enabling interaction with privileged OpenVPN interactive service.
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Cross-references every affected SKU, including bundled OEM variants.
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