CVE-2018-16497

HIGH

Versa Analytics - Privilege Escalation via Writable Root Cron Job Script

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://hackerone.com/reports/1168194

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0023
EPSS Percentile 13.5%
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-269
Status published
Products (1)
versa-networks/versa_analytics
Published May 26, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026