CVE-2018-18388

CRITICAL 9.8CVE-2018-18388 · Published 20/12/2018 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2018-18388 is a CRITICAL (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability affecting escan anti-virus (escanav).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.5%, higher than 74.7% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
escan anti-virus escanav	`= 14.0`	No fix yet

Description

eScan Agent Application (MWAGENT.EXE) 4.0.2.98 in MicroWorld Technologies eScan 14.0 allows remote or local attackers to execute arbitrary commands by sending a carefully crafted payload to TCP port 2222.

References

blog.escanav.com/2018/11/cve-2018-18388 · Vendor Advisory

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

escan anti-virus

escanav

= 14.0

No fix yet

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