Is CVE-2018-16741 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2018-16741 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2018-16741?

CVE-2018-16741 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2018-16741?

CVE-2018-16741 has an EPSS score of 1.32% (67th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2018-16741?

Upgrade mgetty on debian 11 to 1.2.1-1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2018-16741

HIGH

7.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

An issue was discovered in mgetty before 1.2.1. In fax/faxq-helper.c, the function do_activate() does not properly sanitize shell metacharacters to prevent command injection. It is possible to use the ||, &&, or > characters within a file created by the "faxq-helper activate <jobid>" command.

CWE-78OS Command Injection

How to fix

Remediation Available

mgettyDebian

Fixed in:1.2.1-1CVE-2018-16741

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 VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

1.32%probability of exploitation in 30 days

67thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 67% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

x41-dsec.de

Third-Party Advisory2

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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.