CVE-2018-10190
HIGHLondontrustmedia Private Internet Access - Improper Privilege Management
Title source: ruleDescription
A vulnerability in London Trust Media Private Internet Access (PIA) VPN Client v77 for Windows could allow an unauthenticated, local attacker to run executable files with elevated privileges. The vulnerability is due to insufficient implementation of access controls. The "Changelog" and "Help" options available from the system tray context menu spawn an elevated instance of the user's default web browser. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by selecting "Run as Administrator" from the context menu of an executable file within the file browser of the spawned default web browser. This may allow the attacker to execute privileged commands on the targeted system.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/VerSprite/research/blob/master/advisories/VS-2018-019.md
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0012
EPSS Percentile
30.9%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-269
Status
published
Products (1)
londontrustmedia/private_internet_access
77
Published
Apr 17, 2018
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026