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.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.42.0.5685CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:fujitsu:paperstream_ip_\(twain\):1.42.0.5685:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
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 records are not available for this CVE.