CVE-2018-16183 is an unquoted search path vulnerability affecting certain pre-installed applications on Panasonic PCs running various Windows versions from 7 to 10, delivered in or after October 2009. This flaw allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges by introducing a Trojan horse executable, leading to arbitrary code execution. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), it has a low attack complexity and requires user interaction, but can result in high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:panasonic:system_interface_device_0021:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:panasonic:system_interface_device_0040:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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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.