CVE-2018-18567

Exp

AudioCodes 440HD and 450HD devices 3.1.2.89 and earlier allows man-in-the-middle attackers to obtain sensitive credential information by leveraging failure to validate X.509 certificates when used with an on-premise installation with Skype for Business.

Published: 2018-10-24 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2018-18567 is rated High Exploit Risk (61.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.18%). 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-2018-18567

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2018-18567

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 2026-06-15 0.73% 1.18% +0.45%
2 2025-11-11 0.84% 0.73% -0.11%
3 2025-09-24 0.84%

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2018-18567

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.9 3.0 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/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:H)
Even with access, the exploit needs extra luck, timing, or a fussy environment to actually work.
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:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
2.2 3.6 [email protected]
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/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:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
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.
8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2018-18567

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2018-18567

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
audiocodes 440hd_firmware <= 3.1.2.89 cpe:2.3:o:audiocodes:440hd_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
audiocodes 450hd_firmware <= 3.1.2.89 cpe:2.3:o:audiocodes:450hd_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2018-18567

URL Tags
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041956 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2018/Oct/32 Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://www.syss.de/fileadmin/dokumente/Publikationen/Advisories/SYSS-2018-026.txt Exploit Third Party Advisory
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