Insecure Default Variable Initialization Affecting SoftEtherVPN/SoftEtherVPN package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
0.04% (12th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-SOFTETHERVPNSOFTETHERVPN-6009158
  • published19 Oct 2023
  • disclosed12 Oct 2023
  • creditLilith

Introduced: 12 Oct 2023

CVE-2023-27516  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-453  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

A fix was pushed into the master branch but not yet published.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Insecure Default Variable Initialization via the CiRpcAccepted() functionality. An attacker can gain unauthorized access by sending a specially crafted network packet.

Note:

This is only exploitable if the administrator forgot to set the administrator password of SoftEther VPN Client and also enable remote administration.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1