TI-2019-09392 Aliases CVE-2019-12578 GHSA-rrp6-fm72-rh56

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

LOW 36CWE-88Published 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-88.

Summary

A vulnerability in the London Trust Media Private Internet Access (PIA) VPN Client v82 for Linux could allow an authenticated, local attacker to run arbitrary code with elevated privileges. The openvpn_launcher.64 binary is setuid root. This binary executes /opt/pia/openvpn-64/openvpn, passing the parameters provided from the command line. Care was taken to programmatically disable potentially dangerous openvpn parameters; however, the --route-pre-down parameter can be used. This parameter accepts an arbitrary path to a script/program to be executed when OpenVPN exits. The --script-security parameter also needs to be passed to allow for this action to be taken, and --script-security is not currently in the disabled parameter list. A local unprivileged user can pass a malicious script/binary to the --route-pre-down option, which will be executed as root when openvpn is stopped.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00808 57th 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: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: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-2019-12578
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-rrp6-fm72-rh56

References

Exploit 1

https://github.com/mirchr/security-research/blob/master/vulnerabilities/PIA/CVE-2019-12578.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-2019-09390 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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