Vulnerability in Thresholdsecurity Evisitorpass
CVE-2018-17496
eVisitorPass could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by an error while in kiosk mode. By visiting the kiosk and typing ctrl+shift+esc, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to open the task manager to kill the process or launch new processes on the system.
EPSS: 0.004 (31.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.4 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Thresholdsecurity Evisitorpass — versions 1.5.5.2
- Visitorpass Evisitorpass — versions 1.5.5.2
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- psirt@us.ibm.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-17496?
- CVE-2018-17496 is a high-severity vulnerability in Thresholdsecurity Evisitorpass. CVSS score: 8.4/10. Published 2019-03-21.
- How severe is CVE-2018-17496?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.4 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2018-17496 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.