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The report-viewing feature in Pearson VUE Certiport...

High severity Unreviewed Published May 13, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Feb 2, 2023

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

The report-viewing feature in Pearson VUE Certiport Console 8 and IQSystem 7 before 2018-06-26 mishandles child processes and consequently launches Internet Explorer or Microsoft Edge as Administrator, which allows local users to gain privileges.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Aug 3, 2018
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 13, 2022
Last updated Feb 2, 2023

Severity

High

EPSS score

0.042%
(5th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2018-12989

GHSA ID

GHSA-c6pp-9mpx-pp9w

Source code

No known source code

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