7.8

CVE-2018-17980: nomachine Untrusted Search Path

Modified
Published 15-10-2018Last modified 05-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-17980 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Untrusted Search Path vulnerability in nomachine. EPSS estimates a 4.55% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91.5% of scored vulnerabilities. 3 public exploits are recorded.

Overall risk
42/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
4.55%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits3reference, exploit-database

Timeline

  1. 15-10-2018
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

NoMachine before 5.3.27 and 6.x before 6.3.6 allows attackers to gain privileges via a Trojan horse wintab32.dll file located in the same directory as a .nxs file, as demonstrated by a scenario where the .nxs file and the DLL are in the current working directory, and the Trojan horse code is executed. (The directory could, in general, be on a local filesystem or a network share.).

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 1 source · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

4.55%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

92%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 4.55% on 22-09-2026

22-09-202622-10-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

3 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (packetstormsecurity.com)

    Maturity: unknown

  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (hyp3rlinx.altervista.org)

    Maturity: unknown

  • exploit-databaseremotewindowsUnverified

    NoMachine < 5.3.27 - Remote Code Execution

    Maturity: poc

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Nomachine1 product

1 vendor · 1 product

References

4 links