TI-2019-09388 Aliases CVE-2019-12574 GHSA-8rcc-ggf9-rq92

A vulnerability in the London Trust Media Private Internet Access (PIA) VPN Client v1.0…

LOW 38CWE-426Published 2019-07-11 · Updated 2024-08-04

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-426.

Summary

A vulnerability in the London Trust Media Private Internet Access (PIA) VPN Client v1.0 for Windows could allow an authenticated, local attacker to run arbitrary code with elevated privileges. The PIA client is vulnerable to a DLL injection vulnerability during the software update process. The updater loads several libraries from a folder that authenticated users have write access to. A low privileged user can leverage this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code as SYSTEM.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02109 81st 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 · 2

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:londontrustmedia:private_internet_access_vpn_client:1.0:::::::*	1.0	Vulnerable	Londontrustmedia
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:::::::*	not specified by NVD	Running on	Microsoft

cpe:2.3:a:londontrustmedia:private_internet_access_vpn_client:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0 Vulnerable ·Londontrustmedia
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Running on ·Microsoft

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-12574
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8rcc-ggf9-rq92

References

Exploit 1

https://github.com/mirchr/security-research/blob/master/vulnerabilities/PIA/CVE-2019-12574.txt

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
TI-2019-09387 A vulnerability in the London Trust Media Private Internet Access (PIA) VPN Client v82… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.1

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Sources

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