# CVE-2018-17487: Privilege escalation in Lobby Track Desktop

> A local attacker can break out of kiosk mode via the printer dialog to gain elevated privileges and execute commands.

- **Severity:** High 8.4 (`CVSS:3.0/C:H/AC:L/I:H/A:H/PR:N/AV:L/S:U/UI:N/RC:R/E:U/RL:U`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 19 Mar 2019
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-rf88-vj2v-vj92

## What is CVE-2018-17487?

CVE-2018-17487 is a high-severity vulnerability in Jolly Technologies Lobby Track Desktop, published on 19 Mar 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Lobby Track Desktop could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by an error in the printer dialog. By visiting the kiosk and signing in as a visitor, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability using the command line to break out of kiosk mode.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-17487?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Jollytech Lobby Track.

## How do I fix CVE-2018-17487?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-17487 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2018-17487 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-17487 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Jolly Technologies Lobby Track Desktop

- [CVE-2018-17485](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-17485/): Hardcoded credentials in Lobby Track Desktop (high 8.4)
- [CVE-2018-17488](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-17488/): Privilege escalation in Lobby Track Desktop (high 8.4)
- [CVE-2018-17482](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-17482/): Information disclosure in Lobby Track Desktop (medium 4.0)
- [CVE-2018-17484](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-17484/): Information disclosure in Lobby Track Desktop (medium 4.0)
- [CVE-2018-17483](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-17483/): Information disclosure in Lobby Track Desktop (low 2.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2018-17487 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2018-17487 is a high-severity vulnerability in Jolly Technologies Lobby Track Desktop, published on 19 Mar 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-17487 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Jolly Technologies Lobby Track Desktop. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-17487/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-17487/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-17487
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-17487
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-17487

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-17487/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.