What is CVE-2018-18252?

CVE-2018-18252 is a high-severity vulnerability in Capmon Access Manager, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2019-03-15.

How severe is CVE-2018-18252?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Privilege escalation in Capmon Access Manager

CVE-2018-18252

An issue was discovered in CapMon Access Manager 5.4.1.1005. CALRunElevated.exe provides "NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM" access to unprivileged users via the --system option.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

EPSS: 0.004 (35.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Capmon Access_manager — versions 5.4.1.1005
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-18252?: CVE-2018-18252 is a high-severity vulnerability in Capmon Access Manager, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2019-03-15.
How severe is CVE-2018-18252?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.