CVE-2018-14891 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting the Management Console in Vectra Networks Cognito Brain and Sensor versions prior to 4.3. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) allows a low-privileged local attacker to gain full control over the system with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit code or active exploitation has been observed, and community discussion is minimal, organizations using affected Vectra Cognito products should prioritize patching to mitigate this risk.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 4.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vectra:cognito:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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