CVE-2014-5455

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.9 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2014-08-25 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-428

Description

Unquoted Windows search path vulnerability in the ptservice service prior to PrivateTunnel version 3.0 (Windows) and OpenVPN Connect version 3.1 (Windows) allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted program.exe file in the %SYSTEMDRIVE% folder.

Affected products

OpenVPN: 2.1.28.0
Privatetunnel: 2.3.8

References

http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/109007
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/127439/OpenVPN-Private-Tunnel-Privilege-Escalation.html
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/34037
http://www.zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2014-5192.php
https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelist/pull/3909
https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelist/pull/3909/commits/ace34f1cf94602f31760d3eb7ae68e17df8f914d
https://h20566.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05325943
http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/109007
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/127439/OpenVPN-Private-Tunnel-Privilege-Escalation.html
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/34037
http://www.zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2014-5192.php
https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelist/pull/3909

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