# CVE-2018-17494: Privilege escalation in eVisitorPass

> A local attacker can escape the kiosk mode by pressing the Windows key twice, allowing them to launch arbitrary processes and gain elevated privileges.

- **Severity:** High 8.4 (`CVSS:3.0/I:H/AV:L/A:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/AC:L/C:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C`)
- **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:** 17 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-p8g5-55w5-5gpw

## What is CVE-2018-17494?

CVE-2018-17494 is a high-severity vulnerability in eVisitorPass, 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

eVisitorPass could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by an error with the Virtual Keyboard Start Menu. By visiting the kiosk and pressing windows key twice, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to close the program and launch other processes on the system.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-17494?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Thresholdsecurity Evisitorpass.

## How do I fix CVE-2018-17494?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-17494 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2018-17494 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-17494 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in eVisitorPass

- [CVE-2018-17493](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-17493/): Privilege escalation in eVisitorPass (high 8.4)
- [CVE-2018-17495](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-17495/): Privilege escalation in eVisitorPass (high 8.4)
- [CVE-2018-17496](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-17496/): Security feature bypass in eVisitorPass (high 8.4)
- [CVE-2018-17497](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-17497/): Hardcoded credentials in eVisitorPass (high 8.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2018-17494 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2018-17494 is a high-severity vulnerability in eVisitorPass, 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-2018-17494 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: eVisitorPass. 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-2018-17494/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-17494/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-17494
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-17494
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-17494

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-17494/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.