Vulnerability in Londontrustmedia Private Internet Access Vpn Client
CVE-2019-12574
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.
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CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.021 (81.0th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 81st percentile — 81.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.021 · newest: 0.021 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- github.com/mirchr/security-research/blob/master/vulnerabilities/PIA/CVE-2019-12… (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2019-12574?
- CVE-2019-12574 is a high-severity vulnerability in Londontrustmedia Private Internet Access Vpn Client, classified under Untrusted Search Path. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2019-07-11.
- How severe is CVE-2019-12574?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2019-12574 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.