Is CVE-2018-15781 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2018-15781 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2018-15781?

CVE-2018-15781 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.9 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2018-15781?

CVE-2018-15781 has an EPSS score of 0.83% (53th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2018-15781?

Upgrade wyse thinlinux to 2.1.0.01 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2018-15781

HIGH

7.9

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

The Dell Wyse Password Encoder in ThinLinux2 versions prior to 2.1.0.01 contain a Hard-coded Cryptographic Key vulnerability. An unauthenticated remote attacker could reverse engineer the cryptographic system used in the Dell Wyse Password Encoder to discover the hard coded private key and decrypt locally stored cipher text.

CWE-798Hard-coded Credentials

How to fix

Remediation Available

wyse thinlinuxNVD

Affected:>= 2.0, < 2.1.0.01Fixed in:2.1.0.01CVE-2018-15781derived from NVD

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 VectorAdjacent

Attack ComplexityHigh

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.83%probability of exploitation in 30 days

53rdpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 53% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

dell.com

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CVE-2022-26138	Critical	9.8	98%	KEV	-
CVE-2024-3272	Critical	9.8	98%	KEV	-
CVE-2025-30406	Critical	9.0	94%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2024-28987	Critical	9.1	93%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2019-15976	Critical	9.8	93%	-	Fix
CVE-2024-20439	Critical	9.8	92%	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.