eVisitorPass could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by an error with the Virtual Keyboard Help Dial…

published 2019-03-19 7y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2018-9248

cvss: 8.4; version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.4%; EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 32%
public exploits: 0; none known

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.

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Exploit prediction

0.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 32% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.0	8.4	CVSS:3.0/UI:N/S:U/I:H/AV:L/A:H/PR:N/AC:L/C:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
CNA	3.0	8.4	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.0	7.8	CVSS:3.0/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

VisitorPass eVisitorPass

References

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/149655
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2018-17495
NVD CVE-2018-17495

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