CVE-2018-12989 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Pearson VUE Certiport Console 8 and IQSystem 7 versions prior to 2018-06-26. The flaw stems from mishandling child processes within the report-viewing feature, causing Internet Explorer or Microsoft Edge to launch with Administrator privileges. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.7) requires high privileges to exploit locally, but can lead to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploits in Metasploit or ExploitDB, with minimal community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2018-06-26CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:pearsonvue:console_8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 2018-06-26CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:pearsonvue:iqsystem_7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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