An issue was discovered in ExpressVPN on Windows. The Xvpnd.exe process (which runs as a service with SYSTEM privileges) listens on TCP port 2015, which is used as an RPC interface for communication with the client side of the ExpressVPN application. A JSON-RPC protocol over HTTP is used for communication. The JSON-RPC XVPN.GetPreference and XVPN.SetPreference methods are vulnerable to path traversal, and allow reading and writing files on the file system on behalf of the service.
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Information
Published : 2019-01-02 18:29
Updated : 2024-11-21 03:50
NVD link : CVE-2018-15490
Mitre link : CVE-2018-15490
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2018-15490
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Products Affected
microsoft
- windows
expressvpn
- expressvpn
CWE
CWE-22
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')