CVE-2019-5015CWE-749

A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the Mac OS X version of Pixar Renderman 22.3.0's Install Helper helper tool

Critical · published March 8, 2019

CVSS v3.0
9.0
EPSS
1%
Percentile
58.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the Mac OS X version of Pixar Renderman 22.3.0's Install Helper helper tool. A user with local access can use this vulnerability to escalate their privileges to root. An attacker would need local access to the machine for a successful exploit.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.0
9.0 · CRITICAL
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00881 · 58.7th percentile
Weakness
CWE-749 · Exposed Dangerous Method or Function
Published
2019-03-08T20:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 08 MAR 20:00Z
    A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the Mac OS X version of Pixar Renderman 22.3.0's Install Helper helper tool
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