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CVE-2018-16593

28
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-16593 describes a Shell Metacharacter Injection vulnerability in the Photo Sharing Plus component of Sony Bravia TVs running firmware through version 8.587. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) allows an unauthenticated attacker on the adjacent network to execute arbitrary commands, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploits or active exploitation have been observed, and community discussion is minimal, the potential for significant impact remains due to the nature of the flaw.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 8.590CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:sony:r5c_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 8.216CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:sony:wd75_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 8.216CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:sony:wd65_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 8.764CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:sony:xe70_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 8.764CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:sony:xf70_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
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
0.91%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
56.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0091 is in the 69th percentile among its peer group of 1,859 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 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 0.2 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

fortiguard.com / zeroday/FG-VD-18-036
Third Party Advisory
sony.co.uk / electronics/support/articles/00201041
PatchVendor Advisory