CVE-2018-21033

A vulnerability in Hitachi Command Suite prior to 8.6.2-00, Hitachi Automation Director prior to 8.6.2-00 and Hitachi Infrastructure Analytics Advisor prior to 4.2.0-00 allow authenticated remote users to load an arbitrary Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) token sequence. Hitachi Command Suite includes Hitachi Device Manager, Hitachi Tiered Storage Manager, Hitachi Replication Manager, Hitachi Tuning Manager, Hitachi Global Link Manager and Hitachi Compute Systems Manager.

Published: 2020-02-14 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2018-21033 is rated Low Risk (35.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.11%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2018-21033

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 2025-03-30 0.18% 0.11% -0.07%
2 2025-03-29 0.09% 0.18% +0.09%
3 2023-03-07 — 0.09% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2018-21033

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/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:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
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:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful 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 3.6 [email protected]
5.0 3.0 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/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:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
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.
 3.1 1.4 [email protected]
4.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/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:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 8.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2018-21033

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2018-21033

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
hitachi device_manager < 8.6.2-00 cpe:2.3:a:hitachi:device_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hitachi compute_systems_manager < 8.6.2-00 cpe:2.3:a:hitachi:compute_systems_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hitachi automation_director < 8.6.2-00 cpe:2.3:a:hitachi:automation_director:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hitachi tiered_storage_manager < 8.6.2-00 cpe:2.3:a:hitachi:tiered_storage_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hitachi replication_manager < 8.6.2-00 cpe:2.3:a:hitachi:replication_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hitachi tuning_manager < 8.6.2-00 cpe:2.3:a:hitachi:tuning_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hitachi global_link_manager < 8.6.2-00 cpe:2.3:a:hitachi:global_link_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hitachi infrastructure_analytics_advisor < 4.2.0-00 cpe:2.3:a:hitachi:infrastructure_analytics_advisor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2018-21033

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