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CVE-2016-7063

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2020-07-21 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

A flaw was found in pritunl-client before version 1.0.1116.6. Arbitrary write to user specified path may lead to privilege escalation.

Affected products

• pritunl-client-electron: before 1.0.1116.6 — fixed in 1.0.1116.6

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: pritunl-client-electron 1.0.1116.6. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/pritunl/pritunl-client-electron/releases/tag/1.0.1116.6
• https://github.com/pritunl/pritunl-client-electron/releases/tag/1.0.1116.6%2C
• https://lf.lc/CVE-2016-7063.txt
• https://github.com/pritunl/pritunl-client-electron/releases/tag/1.0.1116.6
• https://github.com/pritunl/pritunl-client-electron/releases/tag/1.0.1116.6%2C
• https://lf.lc/CVE-2016-7063.txt

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