Cyber Resilience

CVE-2018-17879

CriticalPublic PoCRCE

Published: 26 October 2023

Published
26 October 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.6219 98.4th percentile
Risk Priority 57 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2018-17879 is a critical-severity OS Command Injection (CWE-78) vulnerability in Abus Tvip 10000 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked in the top 1.6% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

An issue was discovered on certain ABUS TVIP cameras. The CGI scripts allow remote attackers to execute code via system() as root. There are several injection points in various scripts.

CWE(s)
CWE-78

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

abus
tvip 10000 firmware
all versions
abus
tvip 10001 firmware
all versions
abus
tvip 10005 firmware
all versions
abus
tvip 10005a firmware
all versions
abus
tvip 10005b firmware
all versions
abus
tvip 10050 firmware
all versions
abus
tvip 10051 firmware
all versions
abus
tvip 10055a firmware
all versions
abus
tvip 10055b firmware
all versions
abus
tvip 10500 firmware
all versions
+37 more product configuration(s) — see NVD for full list

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

SC-27 Platform-independent Applications
addresses: CWE-78

Platform-independent apps typically execute inside a managed runtime or sandbox that restricts direct OS command execution, reducing the ability to exploit OS command injection.

SI-10 Information Input Validation
addresses: CWE-78

Validates inputs to block special elements that would alter OS command execution.

References