{"id":"CVE-2020-27518","title":"All versions of Windscribe VPN for Mac and Windows <= v2.02.10 contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the WindscribeService component","summary":"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/SYS…","severity":"high","cvss":7.8,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","cwe":["CWE-269"],"vendor":"windscribe","product":"windscribe","affected":["windscribe <= 2.02.10"],"published":"2021-05-04","updated":"2026-07-05","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-27518","references":[{"url":"https://jeffs.sh/CVEs/CVE-2020-27518.txt","label":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://windscribe.com","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://jeffs.sh/CVEs/CVE-2020-27518.txt","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"tags":["nvd"],"epss":0.00437,"epssPercentile":0.35327,"ingestedAt":"2026-07-05T02:00:01.589Z","slug":"CVE-2020-27518","body":"## Overview\n\nAll 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.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `windscribe <= 2.02.10`\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"twilight","depthScore":43,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":42.9,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}