Is CVE-2018-12465 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2018-12465 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2018-12465?

CVE-2018-12465 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.1 (CRITICAL).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2018-12465?

CVE-2018-12465 has an EPSS score of 78.95% (100th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2018-12465?

Upgrade secure messaging gateway to 471 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2018-12465

CRITICALEPSS 100th pctl

9.1

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

An OS command injection vulnerability in the web administration component of Micro Focus Secure Messaging Gateway (SMG) allows a remote attacker authenticated as a privileged user to execute arbitrary OS commands on the SMG server. This can be exploited in conjunction with CVE-2018-12464 to achieve unauthenticated remote code execution. Affects Micro Focus Secure Messaging Gateway versions prior to 471. It does not affect previous versions of the product that used GWAVA product name (i.e. GWAVA 6.5).

CWE-77Command Injection CWE-78OS Command Injection

How to fix

Remediation Available

secure messaging gatewayNVD

Affected:< 471Fixed in:471CVE-2018-12465derived from NVD

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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredHigh

User InteractionNone

ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

78.95%probability of exploitation in 30 days

100thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 100% of all known CVEs.

References

Other references3

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CVE-2023-1671	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2023-1389	High	8.8	100%	KEV	Fix
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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.