7.1
HIGH
CVE-2019-12573
London Trust Media Private Internet Access (PIA) VPN Client SUID Privilege Escalation Denial of Service
Description

A vulnerability in the London Trust Media Private Internet Access (PIA) VPN Client v82 for Linux and macOS could allow an authenticated, local attacker to overwrite arbitrary files. The openvpn_launcher binary is setuid root. This binary supports the --log option, which accepts a path as an argument. This parameter is not sanitized, which allows a local unprivileged user to overwrite arbitrary files owned by any user on the system, including root. This creates a denial of service condition and possible data loss if leveraged by a malicious local user.

INFO

Published Date :

July 11, 2019, 8:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Sept. 8, 2021, 5:22 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.2

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2019-12573 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2019-12573 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Londontrustmedia private_internet_access_vpn_client
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
https://github.com/mirchr/security-research/blob/master/vulnerabilities/PIA/CVE-2019-12573.txt Exploit Third Party Advisory

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Security Research

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Updated: 1 month, 2 weeks ago
94 stars 28 fork 28 watcher
Born at : Nov. 6, 2018, 4:01 a.m. This repo has been linked 21 different CVEs too.

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2019-12573 vulnerability over time.

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  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Sep. 08, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jul. 16, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/mirchr/security-research/blob/master/vulnerabilities/PIA/CVE-2019-12573.txt No Types Assigned https://github.com/mirchr/security-research/blob/master/vulnerabilities/PIA/CVE-2019-12573.txt Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-59
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:londontrustmedia:private_internet_access_vpn_client:82:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.04 }} 0.00%

score

0.05635

percentile

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