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Description

A weakness has been identified in Total VPN 0.5.29.0 on Windows. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file C:\Program Files\Total VPN\win-service.exe. Executing a manipulation can lead to unquoted search path. It is possible to launch the attack on the local host. This attack is characterized by high complexity. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-02-15 | Published 2026-02-16 | Updated 2026-02-23 | Assigner VulDB




HIGH: 7.3CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X
HIGH: 7.0CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:X/RL:X/RC:R
HIGH: 7.0CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:X/RL:X/RC:R
6.0AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C/E:ND/RL:ND/RC:UR

Problem types

Unquoted Search Path

Untrusted Search Path

Timeline

2026-02-15:Advisory disclosed
2026-02-15:VulDB entry created
2026-02-20:VulDB entry last update

References

vuldb.com/?id.346127 (VDB-346127 | Total VPN win-service.exe unquoted search path) vdb-entry

vuldb.com/?ctiid.346127 (VDB-346127 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, TTP, IOA)) signature permissions-required

vuldb.com/?submit.749365 (Submit #749365 | Total VPN Total VPN for Windows 0.5.29.0 Unquoted Service Path) third-party-advisory

github.com/...vpn/0.5.29.0/totalvpn_unquoted_service_path.md related

cve.org (CVE-2026-2542)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2026-2542)

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