London Trust Media Private Internet Access v82 on MacOS openvpn_launcher Environment Variable access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in London Trust Media Private Internet Access v82 on MacOS. This affects an unknown function of the component openvpn_launcher. The manipulation as part of Environment Variable results in access control. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2019-12576. The attack requires a local approach. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in London Trust Media Private Internet Access v82 on MacOS. Affected is an unknown code block of the component openvpn_launcher. The manipulation as part of a Environment Variable leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-264. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The weakness was disclosed 07/11/2019. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2019-12576 since 06/02/2019. The attack needs to be approached locally. The requirement for exploitation is a authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

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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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Timelineinfo

06/02/2019 🔍
07/11/2019 +39 days 🔍
07/12/2019 +1 days 🔍
10/26/2023 +1567 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: github.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2019-12576 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-12576
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-137772
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Entryinfo

Created: 07/12/2019 09:33
Updated: 10/26/2023 08:30
Changes: 07/12/2019 09:33 (39), 07/04/2020 12:25 (17), 10/26/2023 08:30 (3)
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