CVE-2018-16594

The Photo Sharing Plus component on Sony Bravia TV through 8.587 devices allows Directory Traversal.

Published: 2019-06-19 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2018-16594 is rated Moderate Risk (50.1/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.27%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2018-16594

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 2026-04-27 0.15% 0.27% +0.12%
2 2025-03-30 0.38% 0.15% -0.23%
3 2025-03-29 0.38%

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2018-16594

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
8.1 3.0 HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:A)
Attacker has to be nearby on the network—same office, same link, that vibe—not the whole wide internet.
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:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
2.8 5.2 [email protected]
4.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:A)
Requires access to an adjacent network segment.
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:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
6.5 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2018-16594

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2018-16594

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
sony r5c_firmware < 8.590 cpe:2.3:o:sony:r5c_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sony wd75_firmware < 8.216 cpe:2.3:o:sony:wd75_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sony wd65_firmware < 8.216 cpe:2.3:o:sony:wd65_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sony xe70_firmware < 8.764 cpe:2.3:o:sony:xe70_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sony xf70_firmware < 8.764 cpe:2.3:o:sony:xf70_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sony we75_firmware < 8.464 cpe:2.3:o:sony:we75_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sony we6_firmware < 8.464 cpe:2.3:o:sony:we6_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sony wf6_firmware < 8.464 cpe:2.3:o:sony:wf6_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2018-16594

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