CVE-2019-5015 — A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the Mac OS X version of Pix

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

01What is this vulnerability?

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.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Talos	Pixar Renderman	Renderman 22.3.0 for Mac OS X

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2019-03-08T20:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-09-16T19:04:24.135Z

09References

• www.securityfocus.com — http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107436
• talosintelligence.com — https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2019-0773