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CVE-2018-16497 json

In Versa Analytics, the cron jobs are used for scheduling tasks by executing commands at specific dates and times on the server.

published 5y ago modified 2mo ago also EUVD-2018-8308

cvss
7.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 13%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In Versa Analytics, the cron jobs are used for scheduling tasks by executing commands at specific dates and times on the server. If the job is run as the user root, there is a potential privilege escalation vulnerability. In this case, the job runs a script as root that is writable by users who are members of the versa group.

Patch / fix

  • versa-networks versa_analytics 16.1R2S11, 20.2.2, 21.1.1, 21.2.1

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Exploit prediction

0.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 13% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

  • n/a Versa Analytics

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

References

Sources

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