CVE-2019-12575

Published Jul 11, 2019 CVSS 3.0 · 7.8 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
A vulnerability in the London Trust Media Private Internet Access (PIA) VPN Client v82 for Linux could allow an authenticated, local attacker to run arbitrary code with elevated privileges. The root_runner.64 binary is setuid root. This binary executes /opt/pia/ruby/64/ruby, which in turn attempts to load several libraries under /tmp/ruby-deploy.old/lib. A local unprivileged user can create a malicious library under this path to execute arbitrary code as the root user.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2019-4169 A vulnerability in the London Trust Media Private Internet Access (PIA) VPN Client v82 for Linux could allow an authenticated, local attacker to run arbitrary code with elevated privileges. The root_runner.64 binary is setuid root. This binary executes /opt/pia/ruby/64/ruby, which in turn attempts to load several libraries under /tmp/ruby-deploy.old/lib. A local unprivileged user can create a malicious library under this path to execute arbitrary code as the root user.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 4, 2024, 11:24 PM
Reserved
Jun 2, 2019, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jul 11, 2019, 8:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 2:14 AM