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CVE-2019-5012

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 0.53% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2019-10-24 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

Detected Signals
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CVE
CVE-2019-5012
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.8
EPSS
0.53%

Original NVD 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.