IXON VPN Client before 1.4.4 on Linux and macOS allows Local Privilege Escalation to root because there is code execution from a configuration file that can be controlled by a low-privileged user. There is a race condition in which a temporary configuration file, in a world-writable directory, can be overwritten.
                
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| Description | IXON VPN Client before 1.4.4 on Linux and macOS allows Local Privilege Escalation to root because there is code execution from a configuration file that can be controlled by a low-privileged user. There is a race condition in which a temporary configuration file, in a world-writable directory, can be overwritten. | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-732 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2025-05-07T00:00:00.000Z
Updated: 2025-05-07T20:16:27.341Z
Reserved: 2025-02-07T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2025-26168
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Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2025-05-07T19:16:07.290
Modified: 2025-05-08T14:39:09.683
Link: CVE-2025-26168
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