CVE-2018-18656

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The PureVPN client before 6.1.0 for Windows stores Login Credentials (username and password) in cleartext. The location of such files is %PROGRAMDATA%\purevpn\config\login.conf. Additionally, all local users can read this file.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-522

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

https://www.trustwave.com/Resources/SpiderLabs-Blog/Credential-Leak-Flaws-in-Windows-PureVPN-Client/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://www.trustwave.com/Resources/SpiderLabs-Blog/Credential-Leak-Flaws-in-Windows-PureVPN-Client/Exploit, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Oct 26, 2018
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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