CVE-2018-17491 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in HID Global EasyLobby Solo. An attacker with physical access to the kiosk can type "esc" to exit the program, gaining unauthorized access to the underlying operating system. This vulnerability is rated as High severity (CVSS 7.8) due to its low attack complexity and the potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness within the security community.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
11.0.4563CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:hidglobal:easylobby_solo:11.0.4563:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/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.
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.