High severity · published Mar 27, 2019
CVE-2018-5927
HP Support Assistant before 8.7.50.3 allows an unauthorized person with local access to load arbitrary code
7.3
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
HP Support Assistant before 8.7.50.3 allows an unauthorized person with local access to load arbitrary code.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 32% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SA
Support Assistant · HP
before 8.7.50.3 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5927
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-5927
Exploit
https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c06242762
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