CVE-2018-16497CWE-269privilege-escalation

CVE-2018-16497

High · published May 26, 2021

CVSS v3.1
7.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
12.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00228 · 12.8th percentile
Weakness
CWE-269 · Improper Privilege Management
Published
2021-05-26T23:15Z
Affected products (4)
ProductVersionsFixed in
versa-networks/versa_analytics< 16.1R2S1116.1R2S11
versa-networks/versa_analytics≥ 20.2.0, < 20.2.220.2.2
versa-networks/versa_analytics≥ 21.1.0, < 21.1.121.1.1
versa-networks/versa_analytics≥ 21.2.0, < 21.2.121.2.1
References (2)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 26 MAY 18:45Z
    In Versa Analytics, the cron jobs are used for scheduling tasks by executing commands at specific dates and times on the server
    cvelistv5