Vulnerability Details : CVE-2019-12576
A vulnerability in the London Trust Media Private Internet Access (PIA) VPN Client v82 for macOS could allow an authenticated, local attacker to run arbitrary code with elevated privileges. The openvpn_launcher binary is setuid root. This program is called during the connection process and executes several operating system utilities to configure the system. The networksetup utility is called using relative paths. A local unprivileged user can execute arbitrary commands as root by creating a networksetup trojan which will be executed during the connection process. This is possible because the PATH environment variable is not reset prior to executing the OS utility.
Vulnerability category: File inclusion
Products affected by CVE-2019-12576
- cpe:2.3:a:londontrustmedia:private_internet_access_vpn_client:82:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2019-12576
0.04%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 6 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2019-12576
| Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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7.2
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HIGH | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
3.9
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10.0
|
NIST | |
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7.8
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HIGH | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
1.8
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5.9
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NIST |
CWE ids for CVE-2019-12576
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The product searches for critical resources using an externally-supplied search path that can point to resources that are not under the product's direct control.Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
References for CVE-2019-12576
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https://github.com/mirchr/security-research/blob/master/vulnerabilities/PIA/CVE-2019-12576.txt
security-research/CVE-2019-12576.txt at master · mirchr/security-research · GitHubExploit;Third Party Advisory
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