London Trust Media Private Internet Access VPN Client 1.0.2 on Windows PIA Windows Service pia-service.exe access control

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A vulnerability was found in London Trust Media Private Internet Access VPN Client 1.0.2 on Windows. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality in the library Access\libeay32.dll of the file pia-service.exe of the component PIA Windows Service. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2019-12572. An attack has to be approached locally. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in London Trust Media Private Internet Access VPN Client 1.0.2 on Windows (Network Encryption Software). This issue affects an unknown function in the library Access\libeay32.dll of the file pia-service.exe of the component PIA Windows Service. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A vulnerability in the London Trust Media Private Internet Access (PIA) VPN Client 1.0.2 (build 02363) for Windows could allow an authenticated, local attacker to run arbitrary code with elevated privileges. On startup, the PIA Windows service (pia-service.exe) loads the OpenSSL library from %PROGRAMFILES%\Private Internet Access\libeay32.dll. This library attempts to load the C:\etc\ssl\openssl.cnf configuration file which does not exist. By default on Windows systems, authenticated users can create directories under C:\. A low privileged user can create a C:\etc\ssl\openssl.cnf configuration file to load a malicious OpenSSL engine library resulting in arbitrary code execution as SYSTEM when the service starts.

The weakness was shared 06/21/2019. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2019-12572 since 06/02/2019. An attack has to be approached locally. The successful exploitation requires a simple authentication. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

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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• Network Encryption Software

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• London Trust Media

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• Private Internet Access VPN Client

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• 1.0.2

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