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CVE-2018-1437

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-1437 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting IBM Notes versions 8.5 and 9.0, stemming from an untrusted search path error. This flaw allows a local attacker to perform DLL hijacking, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution or application crashes. With a CVSS score of 7.8, the vulnerability requires user interaction but has high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
8.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:notes:8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.5.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:notes:8.5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:notes:8.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.5.1.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:notes:8.5.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.5.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:notes:8.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.29%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
81.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0229 is in the 82nd percentile among its peer group of 11,615 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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.

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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/139565
VDB EntryVendor Advisory
ibm.com / support/docview.wss
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/103401
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1040563
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry