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CVE-2018-10870

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-10870 is a critical path traversal vulnerability in redhat-certification's rhcertStore.py:__saveResultsFile, affecting Red Hat Certification and Red Hat Enterprise Linux. This flaw allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to overwrite arbitrary files, potentially leading to remote code execution. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), it presents a high risk due to its network-based attack vector and complete compromise potential. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness among security researchers.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:certification:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
6.18%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0618 is in the 87th percentile among its peer group of 36,829 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Certification for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: redhat-certification-0:5.16-20180809.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Certification for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: redhat-certification-hardware-0:5.16-20180809.1.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Certification for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: redhat-certification-hardware-preview-0:5.16-20180809.1.el7
View patch
redhatworkaround availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2018-10870Critical

redhat-certification: rhcertStore.py: __saveResultsFile allows to write any file

Jul 18, 2018

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:2373
Vendor Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingMitigationVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/104857
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry