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CVE-2018-12465

CRITICAL
Published 2018-06-29T16:00:00Z
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CVSS Score

V3.0
9.1
/10
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2025.03.14
0.822
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 82.2% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.992
Higher than 99.2% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH

Description

An OS command injection vulnerability in the web administration component of Micro Focus Secure Messaging Gateway (SMG) allows a remote attacker authenticated as a privileged user to execute arbitrary OS commands on the SMG server. This can be exploited in conjunction with CVE-2018-12464 to achieve unauthenticated remote code execution. Affects Micro Focus Secure Messaging Gateway versions prior to 471. It does not affect previous versions of the product that used GWAVA product name (i.e. GWAVA 6.5).

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

Related News

No news articles found for this CVE.

Affected Products

Micro Focus

Secure Messaging Gateway

Affected Versions:

unspecified

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed HIGH

GHSA-ch8c-p3pw-fg7f

Advisory Details

An OS command injection vulnerability in the web administration component of Micro Focus Secure Messaging Gateway (SMG) allows a remote attacker authenticated as a privileged user to execute arbitrary OS commands on the SMG server. This can be exploited in conjunction with CVE-2018-12464 to achieve unauthenticated remote code execution. Affects Micro Focus Secure Messaging Gateway versions prior to 471. It does not affect previous versions of the product that used GWAVA product name (i.e. GWAVA 6.5).

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

7.5

CVSS Vector

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

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-12465
WEB https://pentest.blog/unexpected-journey-6-all-ways-lead-to-rome-remote-code-execution-on-microfocus-secure-messaging-gateway
WEB https://support.microfocus.com/kb/doc.php?id=7023133
WEB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45083

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: May 13, 2022, Modified: May 13, 2022

References

https://support.microfocus.com/kb/doc.php?id=7023133
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45083/
https://pentest.blog/unexpected-journey-6-all-ways-lead-to-rome-remote-code-execution-on-microfocus-secure-messaging-gateway/
Published: 2018-06-29T16:00:00Z
Last Modified: 2024-09-16T20:21:55.086Z
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