A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the Mac OS X version of Pixar Renderman 22.3.0's Install Helper helper tool. A user with local access can use this vulnerability to escalate their privileges to root. An attacker would need local access to the machine for a successful exploit.
Published 2019-03-08 20:29:01
Updated 2022-06-13 18:55:49
Source Talos
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Vulnerability category: Gain privilege

Products affected by CVE-2019-5015

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2019-5015

0.04%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 6 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2019-5015

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
7.2
HIGH AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
3.9
10.0
NIST
9.0
CRITICAL CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
2.5
5.8
Talos
7.8
HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
1.8
5.9
NIST

CWE ids for CVE-2019-5015

  • The product provides an Applications Programming Interface (API) or similar interface for interaction with external actors, but the interface includes a dangerous method or function that is not properly restricted.
    Assigned by: talos-cna@cisco.com (Secondary)

References for CVE-2019-5015

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