Private Tunnel installer for macOS version 3.0.1 and older versions may corrupt system critical files it should not have access via symlink…

published 2021-05-26 5y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-7204

cvss: 7.8; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.4%; EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 29%
public exploits: 0; none known

Private Tunnel installer for macOS version 3.0.1 and older versions may corrupt system critical files it should not have access via symlinks in /tmp.

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Exploit prediction

0.36% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 29% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	7.2	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

n/a Private Tunnel

Classification

Weakness

CWE-61 UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following
CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

References

swupdate.openvpn.net /downloads/privatetunnel/changelog.txt
release-notes, vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-15076
NVD CVE-2020-15076

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