CVE-2019-12578 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in the London Trust Media Private Internet Access (PIA) VPN Client v82 for Linux. An authenticated, local attacker can exploit a flaw in the setuid root openvpn_launcher.64 binary, specifically through the --route-pre-down and --script-security parameters, to execute arbitrary code with root privileges. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), indicating a low attack complexity and significant potential for high impact across confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
82CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:londontrustmedia:private_internet_access_vpn_client:82:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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