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CVE-2019-12575 Details

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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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.8 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://github.com/mirchr/security-research/blob/master/vulnerabilities/PIA/CVE-2019-12575.txt	CVE	ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/mirchr/security-research/blob/master/vulnerabilities/PIA/CVE-2019-12575.txt	[email protected]	ExploitThird Party Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-427	Uncontrolled Search Path Element	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
londontrustmedia private internet access vpn client	82
CPE cpe:2.3:a:londontrustmedia:private_internet_access_vpn_client:82:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
linux linux kernel	All versions
CPE cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

5 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 24, 2020	CWE Remap	[email protected]
Jul 16, 2019	Initial Analysis	[email protected]