High severity · published Mar 12, 2018
CVE-2018-6183
BitDefender Total Security 2018 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service by impersonating all the pipes through a use of an "insecurely created named…
7.8
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
BitDefender Total Security 2018 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service by impersonating all the pipes through a use of an "insecurely created named pipe". Ensures full access to Everyone users group.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 22% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
TS
Total Security · Bitdefender
2018 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6183
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-6183
Mailing List
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Mar/24
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