CVE-2019-12576 Privilege escalation in n/a
A local attacker can escalate privileges to root by exploiting a relative path vulnerability in the setuid openvpn_launcher binary of the PIA VPN Client.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2019-12576?
CVE-2019-12576 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 11 Jul 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-426
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-12576?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Londontrustmedia Private Internet Access Vpn Client.
How do I fix CVE-2019-12576?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-12576 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2019-12576 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-12576 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-xm9h-q2f5-rq5x.