CVE-2018-16497
highpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.002 · 14 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
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Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
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affected products (5)
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- versa-networks versa analytics< 16.1R2S11nvdUScpe:2.3:a:versa-networks:versa_analytics:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- versa-networks versa analytics20.2.0 → 20.2.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:versa-networks:versa_analytics:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- versa-networks versa analytics21.1.0 → 21.1.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:versa-networks:versa_analytics:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- versa-networks versa analytics21.2.0 → 21.2.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:versa-networks:versa_analytics:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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