CVE-2019-15084 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Realtek Waves MaxxAudio driver 1.6.2.0, specifically affecting Dell laptops, due to incorrect file permissions during installation. This allows a local attacker to achieve SYSTEM-level privileges. The vulnerability has a CVSS v3 score of 7.8 (High), indicating a low attack complexity and significant impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the KEV catalog or Hot List, public exploit code is available on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.6.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:maxx:waves_maxx_audio:1.6.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.