CVE-2019-5013

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-88

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
n/aWacomWacom macOS - Driver 6.3.32-3

References

Timeline

Published
Oct 24, 2019
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2019-5013: High severity, CVSS 7.8 | Vulnix