Overview
- 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.
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
- NVD status
- Analyzed
Risk scores
CVSS 3.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 6.7
- Impact score
- 5.9
- Exploitability score
- 0.8
- Vector string
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Severity
- MEDIUM
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 7.2
- Impact score
- 10
- Exploitability score
- 3.9
- Vector string
- AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
- nvd@nist.gov
- CWE-281
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Configurations
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"versionEndExcluding": "2018-06-26"
},
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"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:pearsonvue:iqsystem_7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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"versionEndExcluding": "2018-06-26"
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"operator": "OR"
}
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