CVE-2018-18256
An issue was discovered in CapMon Access Manager 5.4.1.1005. A regular user can obtain local...
An issue was discovered in CapMon Access Manager 5.4.1.1005. A regular user can obtain local administrator privileges if they run any whitelisted application through the Custom App Launcher.
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. A regular user can obtain local administrator privileges if they run any whitelisted application through the Custom App Launcher.
- Record
CVE-2018-18256- 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. A regular user can obtain local administrator privileges if they run any whitelisted application through the Custom App Launcher.
- Record
CVE-2018-18256- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-9992 No score
An issue was discovered in CapMon Access Manager 5.4.1.1005. A regular user can obtain local administrator privileges if they run any whitelisted application through the Custom App Launcher.
- Record
EUVD-2018-9992- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-3r74-6x6g-cp8v
An issue was discovered in CapMon Access Manager 5.4.1.1005. A regular user can obtain local...
An issue was discovered in CapMon Access Manager 5.4.1.1005. A regular user can obtain local administrator privileges if they run any whitelisted application through the Custom App Launcher.
- Record
GHSA-3r74-6x6g-cp8v- 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-2018-18256 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.