High severity · published Jul 11, 2019
CVE-2019-12575
A vulnerability in the London Trust Media Private Internet Access (PIA) VPN Client v82 for Linux could allow an authenticated, local attacker to run arbitrary code with elevated…
7.8
CVSS
0.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A vulnerability in the London Trust Media Private Internet Access (PIA) VPN Client v82 for Linux could allow an authenticated, local attacker to run arbitrary code with elevated privileges. The root_runner.64 binary is setuid root. This binary executes /opt/pia/ruby/64/ruby, which in turn attempts to load several libraries under /tmp/ruby-deploy.old/lib. A local unprivileged user can create a malicious library under this path to execute arbitrary code as the root user.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.9% · higher than 60% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PI
Private Internet Access Vpn Client · Londontrustmedia
82 · source: NVD
Affected product
PI
Private Internet Access Vpn Client
Londontrustmedia
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-12575
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-12575
Exploit
https://github.com/mirchr/security-research/blob/master/vulnerabilities/PIA/CVE-2019-12575.txt
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