CVE-2019-12577

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 macOS binary openvpn_launcher.64 is setuid root. This binary creates /tmp/pia_upscript.sh when executed. Because the file creation mask (umask) is not reset, the umask value is inherited from the calling process. This value can be manipulated to cause the privileged binary to create files with world writable permissions. A local unprivileged user can modify /tmp/pia_upscript.sh during the connect process to execute arbitrary code as the root user.

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 7.2 HIGH

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CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

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CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/mirchr/security-research/blob/master/vulnerabilities/PIA/CVE-2019-12577.txt	Exploit Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

cpe:2.3:a:londontrustmedia:private_internet_access_vpn_client:82:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

08 Sep 2021, 17:22

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPE	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os:-:::::::*	cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:-:::::::*

Information

Published : 2019-07-11 20:15

Updated : 2024-02-04 20:20

NVD link : CVE-2019-12577

Mitre link : CVE-2019-12577

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2019-12577

JSON object : View

Products Affected

apple

macos

londontrustmedia

private_internet_access_vpn_client

CWE

CWE-732

Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

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