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CVE-2018-16156

36
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-16156 is a Local Privilege Escalation (LPE) vulnerability affecting Fujitsu PaperStream IP (TWAIN) version 1.42.0.5685. The FJTWSVIC service, running with SYSTEM privileges, insecurely loads the UninOldIS.dll library via a named pipe, allowing an attacker to inject a malicious DLL. This vulnerability is rated High severity with a CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not actively exploited in the wild or on the KEV catalog, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, and it has a high FAUCET Risk Score of 94/100, despite minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.42.0.5685CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:fujitsu:paperstream_ip_\(twain\):1.42.0.5685:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.56%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
83.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-49382 · Jan 6, 2021
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0256 is in the 97th percentile among its peer group of 16,994 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

packetstormsecurity.com / files/160832/PaperStream-IP-TWAIN-1.42.0.5685-Local-Privilege-Escalation.html
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securifera.com / advisories/cve-2018-16156
Third Party Advisory