CVE-2018-12989

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.7 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2018-08-03 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-281

Description

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.

Affected products

Pearsonvue Console 8: before 2018-06-26 — fixed in 2018-06-26
Pearsonvue Iqsystem 7: before 2018-06-26 — fixed in 2018-06-26

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Pearsonvue Console 8 2018-06-26; Pearsonvue Iqsystem 7 2018-06-26. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://certiport.pearsonvue.com/Support/Console-system-updates
https://computeco.de/2018-07-29_1.html
https://certiport.pearsonvue.com/Support/Console-system-updates
https://computeco.de/2018-07-29_1.html

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