CVE-2019-5015

Pixar Renderman for macOS is affected by CVE-2019-5015 in the Install Helper, where the Dispatch function’s caller is not checked, allowing a local attacker with access to escalate to root. Affected version: Renderman 22.3.0 for macOS. The Talos advisory (TALOS-2019-0773) states exploitation requ...

CVE-2018-4055

A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the install helper tool of the Mac OS X version of Pixar Renderman, version 22.2.0. A user with local access can use this vulnerability to read any root file from the file system. An attacker would need local access to the machine to successful...

CVE-2018-4054

Pixar Renderman for macOS (22.2.0) contains a local privilege escalation in the install helper tool. The vulnerability lies in Dispatch where the caller is not checked, allowing a local user to execute code with root privileges via crafted argv data; the helper runs as root and listens after inst...

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CVE-2019-5015: Exposed Dangerous Method or Function

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...

CVE-2018-4055: Improper Input Validation

A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the install helper tool of the Mac OS X version of Pixar Renderman, version 22.2.0. A user with local access can use this vulnerability to read any root file from the file system. An attacker would need local access to the machine to successful...

CVE-2018-4054: Improper Input Validation

A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the install helper tool of the Mac OS X version of Pixar Renderman, version 22.2.0. A user with local access can use this vulnerability to escalate their privileges to root. An attacker would need local access to the machine to successfully...

Vulnerability Spotlight: Multiple local vulnerabilities in Pixar Renderman

Tyler Bohan of Cisco Talos discovered these vulnerabilities. Executive summary The MacOS version of Pixar Renderman contains three local vulnerabilities in its install helper tool. An attacker could exploit these bugs to escalate their privileges to root. Renderman is a rendering application used...

Pixar Renderman Install Helper Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Summary 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...

Pixar Renderman install helper privilege escalation vulnerability

Summary A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the install helper tool of the Mac OS X version of Pixar Renderman, version 22.2.0. A user with local access can use this vulnerability to escalate their privileges to root. An attacker would need local access to the machine to...

Pixar Renderman Install Helper Arbitrary File Read Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Summary A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the install helper tool of the Mac OS X version of Pixar Renderman, version 22.2.0. A user with local access can use this vulnerability to read any root file from the file system. An attacker would need local access to the machine to...

CVE-2018-3841

A denial-of-service vulnerability exists in the Pixar Renderman IT Display Service 21.6 0x69. The vulnerability is present in the parsing of a network packet without proper validation of the packet. The data read-in is not validated, and its use can lead to a null pointer dereference. The IT...

CVE-2018-3840

A denial-of-service vulnerability exists in the Pixar Renderman IT Display Service 21.6 0x67. The vulnerability is present in the parsing of a network packet without proper validation of the packet. The data read by the application is not validated, and its use can lead to a null pointer...

Null pointer dereference

A denial-of-service vulnerability exists in the Pixar Renderman IT Display Service 21.6 0x69. The vulnerability is present in the parsing of a network packet without proper validation of the packet. The data read-in is not validated, and its use can lead to a null pointer dereference. The IT...

CVE-2018-3840

A denial-of-service vulnerability exists in the Pixar Renderman IT Display Service 21.6 0x67. The vulnerability is present in the parsing of a network packet without proper validation of the packet. The data read by the application is not validated, and its use can lead to a null pointer...

Null pointer dereference

A denial-of-service vulnerability exists in the Pixar Renderman IT Display Service 21.6 0x67. The vulnerability is present in the parsing of a network packet without proper validation of the packet. The data read by the application is not validated, and its use can lead to a null pointer...

CVE-2018-3841

A denial-of-service vulnerability exists in the Pixar Renderman IT Display Service 21.6 0x69. The vulnerability is present in the parsing of a network packet without proper validation of the packet. The data read-in is not validated, and its use can lead to a null pointer dereference. The IT...

CVE-2018-3841

A denial-of-service vulnerability exists in the Pixar Renderman IT Display Service 21.6 0x69. The vulnerability is present in the parsing of a network packet without proper validation of the packet. The data read-in is not validated, and its use can lead to a null pointer dereference. The IT...

CVE-2018-3841

Pixar Renderman IT Display Service 21.6 is affected by a denial-of-service vulnerability in the parsing of a network packet, triggered when the service reads data from a socket on port 4001 without proper validation. This can lead to a null pointer dereference and a crash when processing a 0x69 c...

CVE-2018-3840

A denial-of-service vulnerability exists in the Pixar Renderman IT Display Service 21.6 0x67. The vulnerability is present in the parsing of a network packet without proper validation of the packet. The data read by the application is not validated, and its use can lead to a null pointer...