CVE-2019-5013CWE-88

An exploitable privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the Wacom, driver version 6.3.32-3, update helper service in the start/stopLaunchDProcess command

High · published October 24, 2019

CVSS v3.0
7.1
EPSS
1%
Percentile
47.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

An exploitable privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the Wacom, driver version 6.3.32-3, update helper service in the start/stopLaunchDProcess command. The command takes a user-supplied string argument and executes launchctl under root context. A user with local access can use this vulnerability to raise load arbitrary launchD agents. An attacker would need local access to the machine for a successful exploit.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.0
7.1 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00597 · 47.9th percentile
Weakness
CWE-88 · Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command ('Argument Injection')
Published
2019-10-24T15:17Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 24 OCT 15:17Z
    An exploitable privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the Wacom, driver version 6.3.32-3, update helper service in the start/stopLaunchDProcess command
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