TI-2019-09390 Aliases CVE-2019-12576 GHSA-xm9h-q2f5-rq5x

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

LOW 36CWE-426Published 2019-07-11 · Updated 2024-08-04

Key facts

Attack vector: Local
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: None
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 v82 for macOS could allow an authenticated, local attacker to run arbitrary code with elevated privileges. The openvpn_launcher binary is setuid root. This program is called during the connection process and executes several operating system utilities to configure the system. The networksetup utility is called using relative paths. A local unprivileged user can execute arbitrary commands as root by creating a networksetup trojan which will be executed during the connection process. This is possible because the PATH environment variable is not reset prior to executing the OS utility.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00861 58th 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:82:::::::*	82	Vulnerable	Londontrustmedia
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:-:::::::*	not specified by NVD	Running on	Apple

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

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-12576
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-xm9h-q2f5-rq5x

References

Exploit 1

https://github.com/mirchr/security-research/blob/master/vulnerabilities/PIA/CVE-2019-12576.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-2019-09389 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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