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high 8.4

CVE-2018-17496 json

eVisitorPass could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by an error while in kiosk mode.

published 7y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2018-9249

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

Summary

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.

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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/C:H/AC:L/I:H/A:H/PR:N/AV:L/S:U/UI:N/RC:C/RL:O/E:U
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

Sources

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