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High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Oct 24, 2019· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2019-5012

CVE-2019-5012

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.

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Affected products

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  • Wacom/driver2 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:wacom:driver:6.3.32-3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:wacom:driver:6.3.32-3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: = 6.3.32-3
  • Wacom/driverdescription
  • Range: = 6.3.32-3

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