Is CVE-2018-20211 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2018-20211 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2018-20211?

CVE-2018-20211 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2018-20211?

CVE-2018-20211 has an EPSS score of 1.38% (69th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix or mitigate CVE-2018-20211?

No published fix for CVE-2018-20211 has been found yet. Check the linked vendor advisories for guidance as it becomes available.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2018-20211

HIGH

7.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

ExifTool 8.32 allows local users to gain privileges by creating a %TEMP%\par-%username%\cache-exiftool-8.32 folder with a victim's username, and then copying a Trojan horse ws32_32.dll file into this new folder, aka DLL Hijacking. NOTE: 8.32 is an obsolete version from 2010 (9.x was released starting in 2012, and 10.x was released starting in 2015).

CWE-427

How to fix

No published remediation has been found for this vulnerability's affected products yet.

Mitigation guidance may be in the linked vendor advisories in the References section below.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

1.38%probability of exploitation in 30 days

69thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 69% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit2

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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.