CVE-2018-10170
NordVPN 6.12.7.0 for Windows suffers from a SYSTEM privilege escalation vulnerability through the "nordvpn-service" service. This service establishes an NetNamedPipe endpoint that allows arbitrary ...
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This vulnerability was disclosed in 2018. A critical vulnerability affects Nordvpn systems (CVE-2018-10170). No public exploit code is currently available. Isolate affected systems if patching is not feasible.
BSID: BS-2018-GLOBAL-123348-C • Model: rule-based-v1 • Confidence: MEDIUM
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| CVE ID | CVE-2018-10170 |
|---|---|
| BSID | BS-2018-GLOBAL-123348-C BreachSpider Global ID |
| CVSS Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| Published | 2018-04-16 |
| Last Modified | 2024-11-21 |
| ICS Relevance | 0% |
| Weakness (CWE) | |
| Source | NVD |
NordVPN 6.12.7.0 for Windows suffers from a SYSTEM privilege escalation vulnerability through the "nordvpn-service" service. This service establishes an NetNamedPipe endpoint that allows arbitrary installed applications to connect and call publicly exposed methods. The "Connect" method accepts a class instance argument that provides attacker control of the OpenVPN command line. An attacker can specify a dynamic library plugin that should run for every new VPN connection attempt. This plugin will execute code in the context of the SYSTEM user.
Source: NIST NVD / MITRE CVE Database
Vulnerability details: NordVPN 6.12.7.0 for Windows suffers from a SYSTEM privilege escalation vulnerability through the "nordvpn-service" service. This service establishes an NetNamedPipe endpoint that allows arbitrary installed applications to connect and call publicly exposed methods. The "Connect" method accepts a class instance argument that provides attacker control of the OpenVPN command line. An attacker can specify a dynamic library plugin that should run for every new VPN connection attempt. This plugin will CVSS vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Exploitation Likelihood: LOW
| Vendor | Product | Affected Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Nordvpn | Nordvpn | 6.12.7.0 |
No official vendor advisory link on record. See the CVE record →
| CISA known-exploited | Not in KEV catalog |
|---|---|
| Public Exploit | Not confirmed |
| PoC Code | Not confirmed |
AI Enrichment Record — provenance & audit hash
| Model | rule-based-v1 |
|---|---|
| Confidence | MEDIUM |
| Enriched At | 2026-05-24 |
| SHA-512 Audit Hash | 091f013299617775f27374b0343b8be9eb9b838f7cebd1b1155097dffae475423f29c83c121aca392c3d61aefb0ff3c192869b42d01f1e6553ce0bc5201f03a0 |
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