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CVE-2018-12561

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-12561 describes an issue in the cantata-mounter D-Bus service in Cantata through version 2.3.1, allowing a regular user to inject arbitrary mount options by manipulating parameters in a Samba URL. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), indicating a network-based attack with low privileges and no user interaction, potentially leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cantata_project:cantata:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.38%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
69.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0138 is in the 67th percentile among its peer group of 17,823 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

github.com / CDrummond/cantata/commit/afc4f8315d3e96574925fb530a7004cc9e6ce3d3
PatchTechnical Description
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2018/06/18/1
Mailing ListTechnical Description