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    CVE-2018-16497

    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:May 26, 2021
    Last Modified:Aug 31, 2026
    EPS:May 26, 2021
    EPSS Score:0.00228
    CVSS Score:7.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Versa-networks
    Product
    Versa Analytics

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High