THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2018-18981
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2018-18981

Factorytalk Services Platform vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
3.9%
EPSS pct
89th
Exploited
No known
In Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Services Platform 2.90 and earlier, a remote unauthenticated attacker could send numerous crafted packets to service ports resulting in memory consumption that could lead to a partial or complete denial-of-service condition to the affected services.
Affected vendor
Rockwellautomation
Affected product
Factorytalk Services Platform
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2019-01-24

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.9% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 89% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2018-18981

  • Confirm whether Rockwellautomation Factorytalk Services Platform is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2018-18981.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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