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CVE-2018-16497

HIGH
7.8CVSS
Published: 2021-05-26
Updated: 2024-11-21
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Description

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.

CVSS Metrics

Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
local
Complexity
low
Privileges
low
User Action
none
Scope
unchanged
Confidentiality
high
Integrity
high
Availability
high
Weaknesses
CWE-269CWE-269

Metadata

Primary Vendor
VERSA-NETWORKS
Published
5/26/2021
Last Modified
11/21/2024
Source
NIST NVD
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Affected Products

versa-networks : versa_analytics

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