CVE-2018-5540

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

0.41% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 34.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

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

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

2018-07-19 14:00Z8 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-09-17 00:36Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2018-01-12

Assigning CNA

f5

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-732Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical ResourceClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

6cbb51385944db2ef59b47771425b39bb6d3582b2e249400e7ff059a3d2bf398

• www.securitytracker.com1041340http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041340vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• support.f5.comhttps://support.f5.com/csp/article/K82038789x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securityfocus.com104920http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104920vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.securitytracker.com1041341http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041341vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK