Druide Antidote through 9.5.1 on Windows and Linux allows remote code execution through the update mechanism by leveraging use of HTTP to download installation packages.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2018-13140 is rated High Exploit Risk (79.4/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 8.77%, 93th percentile). Core evidence: 3 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.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ | |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ | |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
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 | 2026-04-10 | 9.19% | 8.77% | -0.42% |
| 2 | 2025-11-21 | 8.81% | 9.19% | +0.38% |
| 3 | 2025-11-18 | — | 8.81% | — |
Full EPSS history (17 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8.1 | 3.0 | HIGH |
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2.2 | 5.9 | [email protected] |
| 9.3 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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8.6 | 10.0 | [email protected] |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| druide | antidote_9 | <= 5.1 | cpe:2.3:a:druide:antidote_9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/149468/Antidote-9.5.1-Code-Execution.html | Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
| http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Sep/38 | Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
| https://sysdream.com/news/lab/2018-09-21-cve-2018-13140-antidote-remote-code-execution-against-the-update-component/ | Exploit Third Party Advisory |