CVE-2018-12989

CVSS V2 High 7.2 CVSS V3 Medium 6.7
Description
The report-viewing feature in Pearson VUE Certiport Console 8 and IQSystem 7 before 2018-06-26 mishandles child processes and consequently launches Internet Explorer or Microsoft Edge as Administrator, which allows local users to gain privileges.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2018-12989
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2018-08-03T18:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2019-10-03T00:03:26
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-281 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/281.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:pearsonvue:console_8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2018-06-26
cpe:2.3:a:pearsonvue:iqsystem_7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2018-06-26
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 7.2
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 10
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • HIGH
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 6.7
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 0.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://computeco.de/2018-07-29_1.html Mitigation Third Party Advisory
https://certiport.pearsonvue.com/Support/Console-system-updates Vendor Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-12989
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-12989
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:32:42 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 10:53:14 2018-08-03T18:29Z 2018-08-03T18:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 10:53:14 2019-10-03T00:03:26 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 10:53:14 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated