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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: talos

Published: 2019-10-24T15:17:27

Updated: 2024-08-04T19:40:49.091Z

Reserved: 2019-01-04T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2019-5012

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2019-10-24T16:15:20.267

Modified: 2022-06-07T18:41:00.713

Link: CVE-2019-5012

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