CVE-2019-5013

HIGH EPSS 44.1%
Published Oct 24, 20196y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
7.8 CVSS 3.1
High
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Published Oct 24, 2019 6y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

Description

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.

CVSS Details

Base Score
7.8
Exploitability
1.8
Impact
5.9
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity High
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
44.1% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-88

Affected Products 2

VendorProductVersionRange
wacomdriver6.3.32-3any
applemacos*any

References 1

  • talosintelligence.com https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2019-0761
    Third Party Advisory

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.