CVE-2018-12523

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An issue was discovered in perfSONAR Monitoring and Debugging Dashboard (MaDDash) 2.0.2. A direct request to /etc/ provides a directory listing.

Published: 2018-06-18 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2018-12523 is rated High Exploit Risk (65.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.27%). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2018-12523

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
44910 exploit_db edb 2018-06-20 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2018-12523

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-11-21 4.72% 3.27% -1.45%
2 2025-11-18 3.27% 4.72% +1.45%
3 2025-03-30 3.27%

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2018-12523

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.3 3.0 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
3.9 1.4 [email protected]
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2018-12523

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2018-12523

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
perfsonar monitoring_and_debugging_dashboard 2.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:perfsonar:monitoring_and_debugging_dashboard:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2018-12523

URL Tags
https://pastebin.com/eA5tGKf0 Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44910/ Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
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