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.

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.

EPSS: 0.021 (79.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Londontrustmedia Private_internet_access_vpn_client — versions 1.0
Microsoft Windows
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-426 — Untrusted Search Path

Public proof-of-concept exploits

mirchr/security-research

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

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.