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.
References
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https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2019-0760 | Third Party Advisory |
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MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: talos
Published: 2019-10-24T15:17:27
Updated: 2022-04-19T17:32:43
Reserved: 2019-01-04T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2019-5012
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NVD Information
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2019-10-24T16:15:20.267
Modified: 2022-06-07T18:41:00.713
Link: CVE-2019-5012
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CWE