CVE-2019-12574

HIGH

Private Internet Access VPN Client v1.0 - Authenticated DLL Injection via Updater Library Loading

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A vulnerability in the London Trust Media Private Internet Access (PIA) VPN Client v1.0 for Windows could allow an authenticated, local attacker to run arbitrary code with elevated privileges. The PIA client is vulnerable to a DLL injection vulnerability during the software update process. The updater loads several libraries from a folder that authenticated users have write access to. A low privileged user can leverage this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code as SYSTEM.

References (1)

Core 1

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0211
EPSS Percentile 79.4%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-426
Status published
Products (1)
londontrustmedia/private_internet_access_vpn_client 1.0
Published Jul 11, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026