Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Wacom Driver by Wacom
CVE-2019-5013

7.1HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Wacom

Status
Wacom
Vendor
CVE Published:
24 October 2019

What is CVE-2019-5013?

A privilege escalation vulnerability in Wacom's driver version 6.3.32-3 enables local users to execute arbitrary commands with elevated permissions. The flaw exists in the update helper service which improperly handles user-supplied string arguments in the start/stopLaunchDProcess command. This vulnerability allows an attacker with local machine access to manipulate launchctl under root context, potentially leading to the execution of malicious launchD agents.

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Affected Version(s)

Wacom Wacom macOS - Driver 6.3.32-3

References

https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS...
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.1
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
High
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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