CVE-2018-16156

HIGH

Fujitsu Paperstream IP (twain) - Untrusted Search Path

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

Description

In PaperStream IP (TWAIN) 1.42.0.5685 (Service Update 7), the FJTWSVIC service running with SYSTEM privilege processes unauthenticated messages received over the FjtwMkic_Fjicube_32 named pipe. One of these message processing functions attempts to dynamically load the UninOldIS.dll library and executes an exported function named ChangeUninstallString. The default install does not contain this library and therefore if any DLL with that name exists in any directory listed in the PATH variable, it can be used to escalate to SYSTEM level privilege.

Exploits (2)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by 1F98D · powershelllocalwindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/49382
nomisec WORKING POC 1 stars
by securifera · poc
https://github.com/securifera/CVE-2018-16156-Exploit

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.securifera.com/advisories/cve-2018-16156/

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.1385
EPSS Percentile 94.3%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-426
Status published
Products (1)
fujitsu/paperstream_ip_\(twain\) 1.42.0.5685
Published May 17, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026