CVE-2018-18748 describes a sandbox escape vulnerability in Sandboxie 5.26, where a Python script containing "import os" followed by os.system("cmd") or os.system("powershell") can execute commands outside the sandbox. This vulnerability is rated Critical with a CVSS score of 10.0, indicating a network-exploitable flaw with low attack complexity and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite the high severity, the vendor disputes the issue, and there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.26CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sandboxie-plus:sandboxie:5.26:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/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.