London Trust Media Private Internet Access v82 on Linux/macOS Shell Metacharacter privilege escalation

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in London Trust Media Private Internet Access v82 on Linux/macOS. This affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation as part of a Shell Metacharacter leads to a privilege escalation vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-269. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was published 07/11/2019. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2019-12579 since 06/02/2019. Attacking locally is a requirement. The successful exploitation requires a single authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/12/2019).

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

Similar entries are available at 137774, 137773, 137772 and 137771.

Vendor

• London Trust Media

Name

• Private Internet Access

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.8

VulDB Base Score: 7.8
VulDB Temp Score: 7.8
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Class: Privilege escalation (CWE-269)
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfoedit

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Remediation: 🔍Recommended: no mitigation known

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06/02/2019 CVE assigned
07/11/2019 +39 days Advisory disclosed
07/12/2019 +1 days VulDB entry created
07/12/2019 +0 days VulDB last update
CVE: CVE-2019-12579 (🔒)
See also: 🔒Created: 07/12/2019 09:34 AM
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