HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2018-7583

Dualdesk vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
38.7%
EPSS pct
98th
Exploited
No known
Proxy.exe in DualDesk 20 allows Remote Denial Of Service (daemon crash) via a long string to TCP port 5500.
Affected vendor
Advantig
Affected product
Dualdesk
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation
Published
2018-03-04

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 38.7% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 98% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2018-7583

  • Confirm whether Advantig Dualdesk is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2018-7583.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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