CVE-2019-12574 describes a DLL injection vulnerability in the London Trust Media Private Internet Access (PIA) VPN Client v1.0 for Windows. An authenticated, local attacker can exploit this flaw during the software update process to execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges. The vulnerability has a CVSS v3.0 score of 7.8 (HIGH), indicating a low attack complexity and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploits or Metasploit modules are available, and there is minimal community discussion or media coverage, the potential for local privilege escalation makes it a significant concern for affected users.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:londontrustmedia:private_internet_access_vpn_client:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.