{"id":"CVE-2018-16497","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-16497","generatedAt":"2026-10-29T01:56:10.662Z","title":"In Versa Analytics, the cron jobs are used for scheduling tasks by executing commands at specific dates and times on the server.","description":"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.","published":"2021-05-26T19:15:09.000Z","lastModified":"2026-08-31T17:54:29.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"support@hackerone.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-269"],"affected":["versa-networks/versa analytics"],"epss":{"score":0.0023,"percentile":0.13714,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.23%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://hackerone.com/reports/1168194","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"support@hackerone.com"},{"url":"https://hackerone.com/reports/1168194","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16497","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}