CVE-2018-18255
An issue was discovered in CapMon Access Manager 5.4.1.1005. The client applications of...
An issue was discovered in CapMon Access Manager 5.4.1.1005. The client applications of AccessManagerCoreService.exe communicate with this server through named pipes. A user can initiate communication with the server by creating a named pipe and sending commands to achieve elevated privileges.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
An issue was discovered in CapMon Access Manager 5.4.1.1005. The client applications of AccessManagerCoreService.exe communicate with this server through named pipes. A user can initiate communication with the server by creating a named pipe and sending commands to achieve elevated privileges.
- Record
CVE-2018-18255- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 High
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-287
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An issue was discovered in CapMon Access Manager 5.4.1.1005. The client applications of AccessManagerCoreService.exe communicate with this server through named pipes. A user can initiate communication with the server by creating a named pipe and sending commands to achieve elevated privileges.
- Record
CVE-2018-18255- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-9991 No score
An issue was discovered in CapMon Access Manager 5.4.1.1005. The client applications of AccessManagerCoreService.exe communicate with this server through named pipes. A user can initiate communication with the server by creating a named pipe and sending commands to achieve elevated privileges.
- Record
EUVD-2018-9991- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-xq7g-prvc-vg4p
An issue was discovered in CapMon Access Manager 5.4.1.1005. The client applications of...
An issue was discovered in CapMon Access Manager 5.4.1.1005. The client applications of AccessManagerCoreService.exe communicate with this server through named pipes. A user can initiate communication with the server by creating a named pipe and sending commands to achieve elevated privileges.
- Record
GHSA-xq7g-prvc-vg4p- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-287
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2018-18255 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Capmon Access Manager, published March 15, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.41%, the 35th percentile. No source names a fixed version.