CVE-2018-5238

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

1.59% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 74.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2018-08-22 17:00Z8 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-09-17 00:21Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2018-01-05

Assigning CNA

symantec

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-427Uncontrolled Search Path ElementBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

c48754c8ac38884a2cab2638c147db44dc42d90473cecb3683cba0a67d4bada2

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