CVE-2018-16497 Information

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 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

https://hackerone.com/reports/1168194

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.8