Panasonic PC on Windows Unquoted Search Path unquoted search path

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in Panasonic PC on Windows. The impacted element is an unknown function. Such manipulation as part of Unquoted Search Path leads to unquoted search path. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2018-16183. An attack has to be approached locally. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Panasonic PC on Windows (the affected version unknown) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown part. The manipulation as part of a Unquoted Search Path leads to a unquoted search path vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-428. The product uses a search path that contains an unquoted element, in which the element contains whitespace or other separators. This can cause the product to access resources in a parent path. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

An unquoted search path vulnerability in some pre-installed applications on Panasonic PC run on Windows 7 (32bit), Windows 7 (64bit), Windows 8 (64bit), Windows 8.1 (64bit), Windows 10 (64bit) delivered in or later than October 2009 allow local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse executable file and execute arbitrary code with eleveted privileges.

The bug was discovered 11/29/2018. The weakness was shared 01/09/2019 (Website). The advisory is available at jvn.jp. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2018-16183 since 08/30/2018. Local access is required to approach this attack. A simple authentication is necessary for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1574.009 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 41 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.5

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VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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NVD Base Score: 7.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Unquoted search path
CWE: CWE-428 / CWE-426
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

08/30/2018 🔍
11/29/2018 +91 days 🔍
01/09/2019 +41 days 🔍
01/09/2019 +0 days 🔍
01/10/2019 +1 days 🔍
04/27/2020 +473 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: jvn.jp
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2018-16183 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-16183
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-128894

Entryinfo

Created: 01/10/2019 13:57
Updated: 04/27/2020 16:49
Changes: 01/10/2019 13:57 (57), 04/27/2020 16:49 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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