TI-2019-09387 Aliases CVE-2019-12573 GHSA-9g9m-p4qh-2gj3

A vulnerability in the London Trust Media Private Internet Access (PIA) VPN Client v82…

LOW 32CWE-59Published 2019-07-11 · Updated 2024-08-04

Key facts

Attack vector: Local
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: —
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: None · High · High
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00582 48th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:londontrustmedia:private_internet_access_vpn_client:82:::::::*	82	Vulnerable	Londontrustmedia
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:-:::::::*	not specified by NVD	Running on	Apple
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:::::::*	not specified by NVD	Running on	Linux

cpe:2.3:a:londontrustmedia:private_internet_access_vpn_client:82:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 82 Vulnerable ·Londontrustmedia
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Running on ·Apple
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Running on ·Linux

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-12573
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9g9m-p4qh-2gj3

References

Exploit 1

https://github.com/mirchr/security-research/blob/master/vulnerabilities/PIA/CVE-2019-12573.txt

TI-2019-09388 A vulnerability in the London Trust Media Private Internet Access (PIA) VPN Client v1.0… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.8
TI-2019-09393 A vulnerability in the London Trust Media Private Internet Access (PIA) VPN Client v82… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.8
TI-2019-09392 A vulnerability in the London Trust Media Private Internet Access (PIA) VPN Client v82… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.8
TI-2019-09390 A vulnerability in the London Trust Media Private Internet Access (PIA) VPN Client v82… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.8
TI-2019-09389 A vulnerability in the London Trust Media Private Internet Access (PIA) VPN Client v82… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.8
TI-2019-09391 A vulnerability in the London Trust Media Private Internet Access (PIA) VPN Client v82… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.8

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Sources

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