London Trust Media Private Internet Access v77 on Windows access control

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A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in London Trust Media Private Internet Access v77 on Windows. This affects an unknown part. Such manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2018-10190. An attack has to be approached locally. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in London Trust Media Private Internet Access v77 on Windows and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

A vulnerability in London Trust Media Private Internet Access (PIA) VPN Client v77 for Windows could allow an unauthenticated, local attacker to run executable files with elevated privileges. The vulnerability is due to insufficient implementation of access controls. The "Changelog" and "Help" options available from the system tray context menu spawn an elevated instance of the user's default web browser. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by selecting "Run as Administrator" from the context menu of an executable file within the file browser of the spawned default web browser. This may allow the attacker to execute privileged commands on the targeted system.

The bug was discovered 04/18/2018. The weakness was shared 04/17/2018 (Website). The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2018-10190 since 04/17/2018. Local access is required to approach this attack. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• London Trust Media

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• Private Internet Access

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• v77

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