{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-16497 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2018-16497 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2018-16497 is a high-severity vulnerability in Versa Analytics, published on 26 May 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2018-16497 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2018-16497 is a high-severity vulnerability in Versa Analytics, published on 26 May 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-16497 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Versa Analytics. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-16497/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-16497/index.md)","id":"CVE-2018-16497","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-16497/index.md","name":"CVE-2018-16497","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-wm88-xgp8-jvpf"],"analysis":{"component_type":"server_software","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["privilege_escalation"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Versa Analytics","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"A local attacker in the versa group can escalate privileges to root by modifying a script executed by a root cron job in Versa Analytics.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"privilege_escalation"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"hackerone","cpe":[{"product":"versa_analytics","vendor":"versa-networks"}],"cvss":{"score":7.8,"severity":"high","source":"nvd","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-269","name":"Improper Privilege Management"}],"description":"In Versa Analytics, the cron jobs are used for scheduling tasks by executing commands at specific dates and times on the server. If the job is run as the user root, there is a potential privilege escalation vulnerability. In this case, the job runs a script as root that is writable by users who are members of the versa group.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Privilege escalation in Versa Analytics","id":"CVE-2018-16497","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"privilege_escalation","year":"2018"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"Information disclosure in Versa Director","id":"CVE-2018-16498"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Auth bypass in Versa Director","id":"CVE-2018-16496"},"products":["Versa Analytics"],"published":"2021-05-26","related":[{"cvss_score":5.5,"headline":"Weak cryptography in Versa Director, Versa Analytics, Versa VOS","id":"CVE-2019-25030","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2021-05-26"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-08-05","vendors":["n/a"]},"summary":"A local attacker in the versa group can escalate privileges to root by modifying a script executed by a root cron job in Versa Analytics.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-16497/"}