CVE-2014-5455

mediumpriority · track · 38EPSS 0.010 · 61 %ileexploit · PoCDEEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

1 exploit · PoC

Likely / severe?

0.95% (61st) EPSS

CVSS 6.9 · medium

Is it mine?

5 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · cert_bund · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Unquoted Windows search path vulnerability in the ptservice service prior to PrivateTunnel version 3.0 (Windows) and OpenVPN Connect version 3.1 (Windows) allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted program.exe file in the %SYSTEMDRIVE% folder.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

6.9

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.06.9mediumAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.4 · impact 10

v3.15.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:Lsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.15.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:Lsecondaryexploitability 1.8 · impact 3.4

v3.15mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:Psecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: partialcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-428USprimary

exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

EDB-34037OpenVPN Private Tunnel Core Service - Unquoted Service Path Privilege EscalationPoC · exploit_db

affected products (5)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

HCL BigFix BES Asset Discovery <111all versionscert_bundDE
HCL BigFix≤ BES Asset Discovery <111cert_bundDE
n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
openvpn openvpn= 2.1.28.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:openvpn:openvpn:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
privatetunnel privatetunnel= 2.3.8nvdUScpe:2.3:a:privatetunnel:privatetunnel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2024-2191HCL BigFix: Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen PrivilegieneskalationDeutsch2024-09-22csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein lokaler Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in HCL BigFix ausnutzen, um seine Privilegien zu erhöhen.

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd cert_bund nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2014-08-25modified 2026-06-17

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references (21)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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