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CVE-2018-17493

Status: ModifiedHigh (7.8)—

eVisitorPass could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by an error with the Fullscreen button. By visiting the kiosk and clicking the full screen button in the bottom right, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to close the program and launch other processes on the system.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

Thresholdsecurity — Evisitorpass

CWEs

References

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