CVE-2018-6461

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

1.77% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 76.6% 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

2018-02-05 07:00Z8 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 06:01Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2018-01-31

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-426Untrusted Search PathBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

d1c9b9d6e43fadb6ae640cb8eb0ce278c970294a9a8cb69325fe6a41a7278b3f

• hyp3rlinx.altervista.orghttp://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/CVS-SUITE-2009R2-INSECURE-LIBRARY-LOADING-CVE-2018-6461.txtx_refsource_MISC
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/146267/WINCVS-2009R2-DLL-Hijacking.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• march-hare.comhttp://march-hare.com/cvspro/vulnwincvs.htmx_refsource_CONFIRM
• seclists.org20180209 CVS Suite 2009R2 Insecure Library Loading CVE-2018-6461http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Feb/24mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC