CVE-2019-12572

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Summary

CVECVE-2019-12572
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-06-21 18:15:00 UTC
Updated2020-08-24 17:37:00 UTC
DescriptionA 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-427

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Londontrustmedia Private Internet Access 1.0.2 All All All
Application Londontrustmedia Private Internet Access 1.0.2 All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows - All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows - All All All

References

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security-research/CVE-2019-12572.txt at master · mirchr/security-research · GitHub MISC github.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
CVE-2019-12572 PIA Windows Privilege Escalation: Malicious OpenSSL Engine – Rich Mirch MISC blog.mirch.io Exploit, Third Party Advisory
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