THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2018-5359
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2018-5359

Sysgauge vulnerability

CVSS
8.1
EPSS
9.0%
EPSS pct
95th
Exploited
No known
The server in Flexense SysGauge 3.6.18 operating on port 9221 can be exploited remotely with the attacker gaining system-level access because of a Buffer Overflow.
Affected vendor
Flexense
Affected product
Sysgauge
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within Memory Bounds
Published
2018-01-23

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 9.0% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 95% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2018-5359

  • Confirm whether Flexense Sysgauge is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2018-5359.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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