CVE-2018-12338 describes an undocumented factory backdoor in ECOS System Management Appliance (SMA) version 5.2.68, allowing remote root SSH access. This critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) enables an unauthenticated attacker to extract confidential information and manipulate security configurations with low attack complexity. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.2.68CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ecos:system_management_appliance:5.2.68:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
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.