CVE-2018-8955

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

4.26% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 90.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/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

2018-10-24 22:00Z7 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 07:10Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2018-03-23

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-347Improper Verification of Cryptographic SignatureBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

8c703e6767fdf4ee3894438d77ddea755eca39f069af50cc9375bff635809829

• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/149900/Bitdefender-GravityZone-Installer-Signature-Bypass-Code-Execution.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• labs.nettitude.comhttps://labs.nettitude.com/blog/cve-2018-8955-bitdefender-gravityzone-arbitrary-code-execution/x_refsource_MISC
• seclists.org20181023 CVE-2018-8955: Bitdefender GravityZone Arbitrary Code Executionhttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Oct/44mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
• www.securitytracker.com1041940http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041940vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK