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CVE-2018-18256 (GCVE-0-2018-18256)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-03-15 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 11:08
VLAI
Summary
An issue was discovered in CapMon Access Manager 5.4.1.1005. A regular user can obtain local administrator privileges if they run any whitelisted application through the Custom App Launcher.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://improsec.com/tech-blog/cam1 x_refsource_MISC
Date Public
2019-03-05 00:00
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