CVE-2019-12575
HIGHLondontrustmedia Private Internet Acc... - Uncontrolled Search Path
Title source: ruleDescription
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.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/mirchr/security-research/blob/master/vulnerabilities/PIA/CVE-2019-12575.txt
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0005
EPSS Percentile
15.6%
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-427
Status
published
Products (1)
londontrustmedia/private_internet_access_vpn_client
82
Published
Jul 11, 2019
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026