CVE-2018-17495

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Published Mar 19, 2019 CVSS 3.0 · 8.4 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

eVisitorPass could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by an error with the Virtual Keyboard Help Dialog. By visiting the kiosk and removing the program from fullscreen, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability using the terminal to launch the command prompt.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

VisitorPass

eVisitorPass

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`1.5.5.2`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:thresholdsecurity:evisitorpass:1.5.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2018-9248	eVisitorPass could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by an error with the Virtual Keyboard Help Dialog. By visiting the kiosk and removing the program from fullscreen, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability using the terminal to launch the command prompt.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.384% probability within 30 days)

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References

Link	Providers
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/149655

History

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Subscriptions

Thresholdsecurity Evisitorpass

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

Sources

CVE record Updated: Sep 17, 2024, 1:26 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: ibm
Published: Mar 19, 2019, 7:47 PM
Updated: Sep 17, 2024, 1:26 AM
Reserved: Sep 25, 2018, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment No data

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 1:45 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Mar 21, 2019, 4:00 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 1:45 AM

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