CVSS 3.0
6.7 mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2018-12989
The report-viewing feature in Pearson VUE Certiport Console 8 and IQSystem 7 before 2018-06-26 mishandles child processes and consequently launches Internet Explorer or Microsoft Edge as Administrator, which allows local users to gain privileges.
Severity
- EPSS
- 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 24% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-281
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- pearsonvue:console_8
- pearsonvue:iqsystem_7