A vulnerability in the London Trust Media Private Internet Access (PIA) VPN Client v82 for Linux and macOS could allow an authenticated, local attacker to overwrite arbitrary files. The openvpn_launcher binary is setuid root. This binary supports the --log option, which accepts a path as an argument. This parameter is not sanitized, which allows a local unprivileged user to overwrite arbitrary files owned by any user on the system, including root. This creates a denial of service condition and possible data loss if leveraged by a malicious local user.
References
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https://github.com/mirchr/security-research/blob/master/vulnerabilities/PIA/CVE-2019-12573.txt | Exploit Third Party Advisory |
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MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2019-07-11T19:31:02
Updated: 2019-07-11T19:31:02
Reserved: 2019-06-02T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2019-12573
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NVD Information
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2019-07-11T20:15:12.867
Modified: 2021-09-08T17:22:01.777
Link: CVE-2019-12573
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