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01 Record

CVE-2018-17496

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

HighPUBLISHEDCNA: ibm
CNA base score8.4 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.0/C:H/AC:L/I:H/A:H/PR:N/AV:L/S:U/UI:N/RC:C/RL:O/E:U
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02 Description

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

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
0.38% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 32.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity
No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2019-03-19 19:47Z7 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-09-17 01:51Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2018-09-25
Assigning CNA
ibm
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
High (CVSS 8.4)
CNA CVSS vector
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
Weaknesses
No CWE assigned
Data version
5.1
Document digest
3b8d1a712f147136eeca1e9f857861d556abebcfd25d48f92d409b856a617d96

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
VisitorPasseVisitorPass1.5.5.2—

06 References