CVE-2018-0552 describes an untrusted search path vulnerability in the installer for PhishWall Client Firefox and Chrome editions for Windows, versions 5.1.26 and earlier. This flaw allows an attacker to gain elevated privileges by placing a malicious DLL in an unspecified directory, which the installer then loads. With a CVSS v3 score of 7.8 (High), the vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) but has low attack complexity (AC:L) and can lead to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H). There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, indicating a low current threat landscape.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 5.1.26CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:securebrain:phishwall_client:*:*:*:*:chrome:windows:*:* | ||
<= 5.1.26CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:securebrain:phishwall_client:*:*:*:*:firefox:windows:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.