High severity · published Mar 8, 2019
CVE-2019-5015
A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the Mac OS X version of Pixar Renderman 22.3.0's Install Helper helper tool
7.8
CVSS
0.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.9% · higher than 59% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PR
Pixar Renderman · Talos
Renderman 22.3.0 for Mac OS X · source: vendor
RE
Renderman · Pixar
22.3.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-5015
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-5015
Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107436
Exploit
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2019-0773
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