CVE-2019-12575
A vulnerability in the London Trust Media Private Internet Access (PIA) VPN Client v82 for Linux could allow an authenticated, local attacker to run...
- Published
- Jul 11, 2019
- Updated
- Aug 4, 2024
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Evidence observed
- Aug 13, 2026
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HLow · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 56.7%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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Summary
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.
Sources
1Security Research
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