CVE-2019-5012

Published Oct 24, 2019 CVSS 3.1 · 7.8 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
An exploitable privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the Wacom, driver version 6.3.32-3, update helper service in the startProcess command. The command takes a user-supplied script argument and executes it under root context. A user with local access can use this vulnerability to raise their privileges to root. An attacker would need local access to the machine for a successful exploit.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2019-14619 An exploitable privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the Wacom, driver version 6.3.32-3, update helper service in the startProcess command. The command takes a user-supplied script argument and executes it under root context. A user with local access can use this vulnerability to raise their privileges to root. An attacker would need local access to the machine for a successful exploit.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
talos
Published
Updated
Aug 4, 2024, 7:40 PM
Reserved
Jan 4, 2019, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Oct 24, 2019, 4:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 2:36 AM