CWE Code: 264
Vulnerability Type: privilege_escalation
CVSS Score: 7.2
CWE Name:  Permissions Privileges and Access Controls
Summary: a vulnerability in the london trust media private internet access (pia) vpn client v82 for linux could allow an authenticated, local attacker to run arbitrary code with elevated privileges. the root_runner.64 binary is setuid root. this binary executes /opt/pia/ruby/64/ruby, which in turn attempts to load several libraries under /tmp/ruby-deploy.old/lib. a local unprivileged user can create a malicious library under this path to execute arbitrary code as the root user.
Access Authentication: NONE
Access Complexity: LOW
Access Vector: LOCAL
Impact (C/I/A): COMPLETE/COMPLETE/COMPLETE
Published Date: 2019-07-11
Last Modified Date: 2019-07-16