CVE-2018-4010 – NordVPN Privilege Escalation

CVE-2018-4010 – NordVPN Privilege Escalation. An exploitable code execution vulnerability exists in the connect functionality of ProtonVPN VPN client 1.5.1. A specially crafted configuration file can cause a privilege escalation, resulting in the ability to execute arbitrary commands with the system’s privileges.Authors: Cisco TalosRisk:HighCVE:CVE-2018-4010Date: 2018-09-08Tested