# CVE-2020-25989: Privilege escalation via arbitrary file write in pritunl electron client 1.0.1116.6 through v1.2.2550.20.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2020-11-19 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Privilege escalation via arbitrary file write in pritunl electron client 1.0.1116.6 through v1.2.2550.20. Successful exploitation of the issue may allow an attacker to execute code on the effected system with root privileges.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://vkas-afk.github.io/vuln-disclosures/
- https://github.com/pritunl/pritunl-client-electron/commit/89f8c997c6f93e724f68f76f7f47f8891d9acc2d

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