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TI-2018-07770 Aliases CVE-2018-10959GHSA-24q8-6wpc-mx3g

Avecto Defendpoint 4 prior to 4.4 SR6 and 5 prior to 5.1 SR1 has an Untrusted Search Path…

Priority LOW 36CWE-426Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · High · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-426.

Summary

Avecto Defendpoint 4 prior to 4.4 SR6 and 5 prior to 5.1 SR1 has an Untrusted Search Path vulnerability, exploitable by modifying environment variables to trigger automatic elevation of an attacker's process launch.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.016 75th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:beyondtrust:avecto_defendpoint:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.0 to before 4.4.267.0; 5.0 to before 5.1.149.0VulnerableBeyondTrust
  • cpe:2.3:a:beyondtrust:avecto_defendpoint:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0 to before 4.4.267.0; 5.0 to before 5.1.149.0 Vulnerable ·BeyondTrust

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-10959
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-24q8-6wpc-mx3g

References

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