CVE-2019-5012

HIGH

Wacom 6.3.32-3 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0053
EPSS Percentile 40.4%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-88
Status published
Products (1)
wacom/driver 6.3.32-3
Published Oct 24, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026